Sphagnum

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sphagnum \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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sphagnum
       n : any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum
           whose decomposed remains form peat [syn: {sphagnum moss},
            {peat moss}, {bog moss}]