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noun
any soft moss of the genus Sphagnum, occurring chiefly in bogs, used for potting and packing plants, for dressing wounds, etc.
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1745–55; < Neo-Latin, alteration of Greek sphágnos a moss
1745–55; < Neo-Latin, alteration of Greek sphágnos a moss
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Word Origin & History
sphagnum
genus of mosses, 1741, Mod.L., from L. sphagnos, a kind of lichen, from Gk. sphagnos "a spiny shrub, a kind of moss," of unknown origin.
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