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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In botany, pertaining to bog-mosses or peat-mosses; abounding in bog-or peat-mosses. See Sphagnum.
  • See bog.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Bot.) Pertaining to moss of the genus Sphagnum, or bog moss; abounding in peat or bog moss.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Pertaining to, or consisting of sphagnum.

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