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Definition of: sphagnum
(sfag′nəm) noun
Any of a genus (Sphagnum) of whitish–gray mosses constituting the family Sphagnaceae, the bog or peat mosses: used as packing and in surgical dressings. [<Gk. sphagnos, kind of moss]
—sphag′nous adjective
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