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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In botany and zoology, growing or living upon or among mosses of the genus Sphagnum.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Bot.) Growing in moss of the genus Sphagnum.

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  • adjective botany Growing in moss of the genus Sphagnum.

Etymologies

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Sphagnum + Latin colere to inhabit.

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