sphagnum (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[sphagnum 词源字典]
genus of mosses, peat-moss, 1741, Modern Latin, from Latin sphagnos, a kind of lichen, from Greek sphagnos "a spiny shrub, a kind of moss," of unknown origin. Related: Sphagnous.[sphagnum etymology, sphagnum origin, 英语词源]