English - Turkish
Definition of peat-moss in English Turkish dictionary
- turba yapan yosun
- turba oluşturan yosun
English - English
Definition of peat-moss in English English dictionary
- Attributive form of peat moss, noun
- or sphagnum moss Any of more than 160 species of plants that make up the bryophyte genus Sphagnum, which grow in dense clumps around ponds, in swamps and bogs, on moist, acid cliffs, and on lakeshores from tropical to subpolar regions. These pale-green to deep-red plants can hold 20 times their weight in water. As they die and are compressed, they form organic peat, which is harvested and dried as fuel, as seedbed cover, and as shipping packaging for plants and live aquatic animals. Gardeners stir peat into soil to increase soil moisture, porosity, and acidity and to reduce erosion
- any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat