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Definition of Bog moss
1. Noun. Any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat.
Generic synonyms: Moss
Group relationships: Genus Sphagnum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bog Moss
Literary usage of Bog moss
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun, Francis Wall Oliver (1902)
"Although they possess chlorophyll, and assimilate under the Fig. 49.—Porous Celli.
' Of the white-leaved Fork-mo» (Leucobryum), x550. » Of the Bog.moss ..."
2. A Residence in Jutland, the Danish Isles, and Copenhagen by Horace Marryat (1860)
"... manor — Lighthouse of Skagen — Storm of flying sand — Wrecks — Melons and
sea-nettles —Sweet gale and bog moss — Frederikshavn — The Jutland Dido. ..."
3. The Irish Jurist (1852)
"... and by the authority of the same, that where any person or persons shall be
seised or possessed of any lauds contiguous or adjoining to any bog, moss, ..."
4. Rambles in Search of Flowerless Plants by Margaret Plues (1864)
"It is also white, and tinged with pink. The Eed Dwarf Bog-moss (S. ... Another
Bog-moss, with paler foliage of a straw colour, and with less crowded ..."
5. The Nature Library by Doubleday, Page & Co., Firm, Publ (1907)
"Ideal section of pond showing bog-moss growing outward from the shore. Ideal section
of old pond showing bog-moss growing on the surface of the water and ..."
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