bog moss


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Related to bog moss: peat bog, sphagnum moss

bog moss

n
(Plants) another name for peat moss
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Noun1.bog moss - any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peatbog moss - any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat
peat moss, sphagnum, sphagnum moss
moss - tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants
genus Sphagnum - a large genus constituting the order Sphagnales: atypical mosses of temperate bogs with leaves that can hold much water
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