English noun: genus Sphagnum | |||
1. | genus Sphagnum (plant) a large genus constituting the order Sphagnales: atypical mosses of temperate bogs with leaves that can hold much water | ||
Broader (hypernym) | moss genus | ||
Member holonym | bog moss, peat moss, sphagnum, sphagnum moss | ||
Member meronym | order Sphagnales, Sphagnales | ||