Definition of Bog moss

1. Noun. Any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat.

Exact synonyms: Peat Moss, Sphagnum, Sphagnum Moss
Generic synonyms: Moss
Group relationships: Genus Sphagnum

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bog Moss

bog-orchid
bog-standard
bog asphodel
bog aster
bog bilberries
bog bilberry
bog brush
bog candles
bog down
bog hemp
bog in
bog iron
bog iron ore
bog kalmia
bog laurel
bog moss (current term)
bog myrtle
bog off
bog orchid
bog pimpernel
bog plant
bog rein orchid
bog rhubarb
bog roll
bog rose
bog rosemary
bog soil
bog spavin
bog standard
bog star

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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