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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

(Bot.)

Pertaining to moss of the genus

Sphagnum

, or bog moss; abounding in peat or bog moss.

Adj.

[shagnum, bog-moss. Linne.] Pertaining to bog-moss; mossy.

sphagnous ‎(comparative more sphagnous, superlative most sphagnous)

pertaining to or consisting of sphagnum