sphagnum

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Definition

noun any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat

Borrowed from translingual Sphagnum, which is from Ancient Greek σφάγνος (sphágnos).

On and on over what seemed an interminable reach of coarse grass and whinberry-bushes, jumping tiny brooks, and skirting round sometimes to avoid bogs, for much of the ground was spongy, and though its surface of sphagnum moss looked inviting, it was treacherous in the extreme. — For the Sake of the School, Angela Brazil

sphagnum moss, peat moss, bog moss

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