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sphagnum

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But when you look at how much a peat bog sequesters in a year though the slow growth of sphagnum mosses, heather and the other lichens and plants found there, it's a tiny drop in the ocean compared with the amount of CO2 we are pumping out daily.

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any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat

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noun

any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat

Definitions

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noun

any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat

Example sentences

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But when you look at how much a peat bog sequesters in a year though the slow growth of sphagnum mosses, heather and the other lichens and plants found there, it's a tiny drop in the ocean compared with the amount of CO2 we are pumping out daily.

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How do you use sphagnum in a sentence?

But when you look at how much a peat bog sequesters in a year though the slow growth of sphagnum mosses, heather and the other lichens and plants found there, it's a tiny drop in the ocean compared with the amount of CO2 we are pumping out daily.

What does sphagnum mean?

any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat

What part of speech is sphagnum?

sphagnum is commonly used as noun.