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Bog moss

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peat moss

–noun
1. Also called bog moss. any moss, esp. of the genus Sphagnum, from which peat may form.
2. such moss after it has been dried, used chiefly as a mulch or seedbed, for acidification.

Origin:
1225–75 for earlier sense; 1870–80 for def. 1; ME petemos (in placename) peat bog
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