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sphagnicolous

sphagnicolous adjective: growing in moss of the genus Sphagnum.

Adjective

sphagnicolous (not comparable)

  1. Growing in moss of the genus Sphagnum.

Origin of sphagnicolous

From translingual Sphagnum + -colous.

Questions about sphagnicolous

What does sphagnicolous mean?
Sphagnicolous means growing in moss of the genus Sphagnum.
What part of speech is sphagnicolous?
Sphagnicolous is an adjective.

Words near sphagnicolous in the dictionary

  1. sphaerulites
  2. sphagesaurid
  3. sphagesaurids
  4. sphagnaceous
  5. sphagnicole
  6. sphagnicolous
  7. sphagnid
  8. sphagnids
  9. sphagno-
  10. sphagnological
  11. sphagnologist

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