genus sphagnum

Noun
  1. A large genus constituting the order Sphagnales: atypical mosses of temperate bogs with leaves that can hold much water (synset 111562370)
    is a type of: moss genus - a genus of mosses
    member holonym: bog moss, peat moss, sphagnum, sphagnum moss - any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat
    belongs to: order sphagnales, sphagnales - coextensive with the genus Sphagnum; in some classifications isolated in a separate subclass

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