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单词 sphagnum
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
sphag•num  (sfagnəm),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologyany soft moss of the genus Sphagnum, occurring chiefly in bogs, used for potting and packing plants, for dressing wounds, etc.
  • Neo-Latin, alteration of Greek sphágnos a moss
  • 1745–55

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
sphagnum /ˈsfæɡnəm/ n
  1. any moss of the genus Sphagnum, of temperate bogs, having leaves capable of holding much water: layers of these mosses decay to form peat
    Also called: peat moss, bog moss
Etymology: 18th Century: from New Latin, from Greek sphagnos a variety of moss

ˈsphagnous adj
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