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Definition of Sphagnous
1. a. Pertaining to moss of the genus Sphagnum, or bog moss; abounding in peat or bog moss.
Definition of Sphagnous
1. Adjective. Pertaining to, or consisting of sphagnum. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sphagnous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Sphagnous
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sphagnous
Literary usage of Sphagnous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"... it is torpid in winter, hiding in the mud ; it can live a long time in sphagnous
moss or in moist earth, and can thus be transported for long distances. ..."
2. Grand Rapids Flora: A Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Ferns Growing by Emma Jane Cole (1901)
"Edges of sphagnous swamps; occasional. June. Carmody Lake; Bronner Lake; ...
sphagnous swamps. Mid-May-first of June. Rather abundant about Carmody Lake, ..."
3. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"Habitat sphagnous swamps. Length 125 to 140/1. 50 (49) Plates thick, short. FIG.
... Common in sphagnous swamps. Length from go to 100 IL, FIG. 297. ..."
4. The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural and Domestic Improvement by J C Loudon (1827)
"In sphagnous swamps, Lake ——^^— ophioglossoides, in similar, ... Calopogon pulchellum,
generally in sphagnous swamps, Montreal and Lake Simcoe, ..."
5. First Report of the Directors of the State Forestry Commission of Michigan by Michigan State Forestry Commission, 1887 (1888)
"sphagnous swamps. V. macrocarpon Ait. American Cranberry. Common in sphagnous
swamps and bogs. Cultivated for its fruit. ..."
6. The Gardener's Magazine, and Register of Rural & Domestic Improvement by John Claudius Loudon (1827)
"Arethusa bulbosa, in dry woods, Montreal. In sphagnous swamps ... Calopogon
pulchellum, generally in sphagnous swamps, Montreal and Lake Simcoe, ..."
7. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1904)
"sphagnous bogs and arbor vitae swamps, Connecticut ... This species grows quite
generally throughout the sphagnous bogs of northeastern North America and ..."
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