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- sphagnum (n.)



[sphagnum 词源字典] - genus of mosses, peat-moss, 1741, Modern Latin, from Latin sphagnos, a kind of lichen, from Greek sphagnos "a spiny shrub, a kind of moss," of unknown origin. Related: Sphagnous.[sphagnum etymology, sphagnum origin, 英语词源]