sphagnousadj.
/ˈsfaɡnəs/ 1. Of the nature of, consisting of, sphagnum.
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the world > plants > particular plants > moss > [adjective] > of or relating to types of
sphagnous1828
splachnoid1833
acrocarpous1842
hypnoid1852
lycopodiaceous1852
astomous1857
pleurocarpous1858
gymnostomous1861
sphagneous1861
syncladous1863
systylous1863
stegocarpous1884
systylious1887
trioperculate1900
megasporangiate1901
1828–32 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Sphagnous, pertaining to bog-moss, mossy. Bigelow.
1846 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes iv. 64 Like the sphagnous moss of a peat-swamp, coral zoophytes continue growing at top.
1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 173 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV The annual moisture..would collect between the impervious clayey soil and its sphagnous covering.
1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 Aug. 12/1 A marsh lake—whose wide margins were one dense mass of trembling sphagnous moss.
2. Producing, or abounding in, sphagnum.
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the world > plants > particular plants > moss > [adjective] > covered in or overgrown with moss
moss-grownc1390
moss-begrown?a1425
mossy1561
fogged1743
mossed1744
sphagnose1818
sphagnous1845
1845 S. Judd Margaret i. v. 27 Their habitat is sphagnous places, what you call swamps.
1853 G. Johnston Terra Lindisfarnensis I. 39 Sundew. In sphagnous bogs.
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adj.1828