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sphagnous

sphagnous adjective: pertaining to, or consisting of, sphagnum.

Adjective

sphagnous (comparative more sphagnous, superlative most sphagnous)

  1. Pertaining to, or consisting of, sphagnum.

Forms of sphagnous

comparativemore sphagnous
superlativemost sphagnous

Origin of sphagnous

From sphagnum + -ous.

Questions about sphagnous

What does sphagnous mean?
Sphagnous means pertaining to, or consisting of, sphagnum.
What part of speech is sphagnous?
Sphagnous is an adjective.

Words near sphagnous in the dictionary

  1. sphagnology
  2. sphagnophilic
  3. sphagnophilous
  4. sphagnorubin
  5. sphagnorubins
  6. sphagnous
  7. sphagnum
  8. sphagnums
  9. sphairistic
  10. sphairistike
  11. Sphakia

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