HyperDic: peat_moss

English > 1 sense of the expression peat moss:
NOUNplantpeat moss, sphagnum, sphagnum moss, bog mossany of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat
English > peat moss: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAny of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat.
Synonymssphagnum, sphagnum moss, bog moss
Member ofgenus SphagnumA large genus constituting the order Sphagnales
Broadermosstiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants
Spanishesfagno, sphagnum
Catalanesfagne, esfagno

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