sphagnum

Etymology
From the genus name, which is from.

Noun

 * 1) Any of various widely distributed mosses, of genus, which slowly decompose to form peat.
 * 2) * 1999,, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 32:
 * [T]he ground up here is waterlogged and riddled with potholes, holes beneath the spongy coral fern, hidden holes throughout the sphagnum.
 * [T]he ground up here is waterlogged and riddled with potholes, holes beneath the spongy coral fern, hidden holes throughout the sphagnum.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: торфен мъх
 * Catalan: esfagne
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek: σφαγνός
 * Icelandic:, svarðmosi, hvítmosi
 * Irish: sfagnam
 * Italian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: mòinteach
 * Turkish: turba yosunu
 * Welsh: migwyn