Associations to the word «Sphagnum»

Wiktionary

SPHAGNUM, noun. Any of various widely distributed mosses, of the genus Sphagnum, which slowly decompose to form peat.
SPHAGNUM, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Sphagnaceae   — the sphagnum mosses.

Dictionary definition

SPHAGNUM, noun. Any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats