(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:19:13

Sphag"num (?), n. [NL., fr/ Gr. a kind of moss.] Bot.

A genus of mosses having white leaves slightly tinged with red or green and found growing in marshy places; bog moss; peat moss.

 

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