Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, pertaining to bog-mosses or peat-mosses; abounding in bog-or peat-mosses. See
Sphagnum . - See
bog .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Pertaining to moss of the genus Sphagnum, or bog moss; abounding in peat or bog moss.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Pertaining to, or consisting of
sphagnum .
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Examples
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This inclosure, however, was filled with a dense peaty mass not reduced to mold, the result of centuries of sphagnous growth, which had reached a thickness of nearly
An Introduction to the mortuary customs of the North American Indians 1884
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This inclosure, however, was filled with a dense peaty mass not reduced to mold, the result of centuries of sphagnous growth, which had reached a thickness of nearly 2 feet above the remains.
A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians 1884
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Found in the declivities of the mountains of South Carolina, in the dark, sphagnous swamps along rivulets.
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The common cranberry (Oxycoccos palustris) is distinguished from the preceding by its growing on moist sphagnous spots and is hence called maskoegomeena, swamp-berry.
The Journey to the Polar Sea John Franklin 1816
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The common cranberry (_oxycoccos palustris_,) is distinguished from the preceding by its growing on moist sphagnous spots, and is hence called _maskoego-meena_ swamp-berry.
Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1 John Franklin 1816
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-- Peat, porous, light-brown, | | | | | sphagnous | Websky | 50.86 | 5.80 | 42.57 | 0.77 6
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“Can you, can you?” said the Master, “their habitat is sphagnous places, what you call swamps.
Margaret 1851
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