sphagnum

See also: Sphagnum

English

Etymology

From the genus name, which is from Ancient Greek σφάγνος (sphágnos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsfæɡnəm/
• Rhymes: -æɡnəm

Noun

sphagnum (plural sphagnums)

1. Any of various widely distributed mosses, of genus Sphagnum, which slowly decompose to form peat.

   Synonyms: peat moss, bog moss

   • 1999, Julia Leigh, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 32:

     [T]he ground up here is waterlogged and riddled with potholes, holes beneath the spongy coral fern, hidden holes throughout the sphagnum.

Derived terms

• sphagnous

Translations

moss

• Bulgarian: торфен мъх m (torfen mǎh)
• Catalan: esfagne m
• Eastern Khanty: ҷамәҷ (č̣aməč̣)
• Finnish: rahkasammal (fi)
• French: sphaigne (fr) f
• Greek: σφαγνός m (sfagnós)
• Icelandic: barnamosi (is) m, svarðmosi m, hvítmosi m
• Irish: sfagnam m
• Italian: sfagno (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: torvmose

• Scottish Gaelic: mòinteach f
• Turkish: turba yosunu
• Welsh: migwyn m