sphagnum Save DMLBS sphagnum [cf. CL sphagnos = kind of fragrant lichen < σφάγνος], kind of sage (Salvia triloba). bedon, i. salvia, spagnos Gl. Laud. 195; spagnum, i. salvia Ib. 1422; fagnon [l. sphagnum] ‥ salvia agrestis Alph. 54 (v. elelisphacus).