1) Bog moss 2) Moss 3) Moss for potting plants 4) Peat moss 5) Peat moss prized by gardeners 6) Sphagnum moss
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1) Moss 2) Peat moss
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Sphagnum is a genus of approximately 120 species of mosses. Sphagnum accumulations can store water, since both living and dead plants can hold large quantities of water inside their cells; plants may hold up to 1 billion times as much water as their dry weight depending on the species. The empty cells help retain water in drier conditions. Hence, ...
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• (n.) 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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(from the article `bryophyte`) ...sporophytes pushed beyond perichaetium by leafless extension of gametophore (pseudopodium); widely distributed in the world but forming extensive ... ...and stomata present, but elaters absent; between 10,000 and 14,000 species; representative genera include Polytrichum, Mnium, Funaria, and ... ...mo...
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Sphag'num noun [ New Latin , fr/ Greek ......... a kind of moss.]
(Botany) 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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Sphagnum is a genus of mosses commonly known as bog-moss from their unusual habitat. They have erect stems several centimetres long, and bear the male organs on lateral stems, somewhat resembling catkins, and the female organs on shorter lateral stems, resembling buds.
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A bog moss which is collected and composted. Most peat moss is composed primarily of sphagnum moss. This moss is also packaged and sold in a fresh state, and used for lining hanging baskets and air layering.
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n] - any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat
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sphagnum, sphagnum moss 1. Any of an order of atypical mosses that grow only in wet acid areas where their remains become compacted with other plant debris to form peat moss. 2. Any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum, the decomposed remains of which form peat.
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sphagnum moss noun any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat
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