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Sphagnum

noun
1.
Any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat.  Synonyms: bog moss, peat moss, sphagnum moss.



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... 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. At last they had rounded the corner of Glyder Garmon, and there, far away to the right, like a sheet of silver, Llyn Gwynedd lay gleaming in ...
— For the Sake of the School • Angela Brazil


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