HyperDic: sphagnum_moss

English > 1 sense of the expression sphagnum moss:
NOUNplantsphagnum moss, sphagnum, peat moss, bog mossany of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat
English > sphagnum moss: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAny of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat.
Synonymssphagnum, peat 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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