muskeg

Jul. 27th, 2007 07:23 am
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muskeg - n., a sphagnum bog of northern North America.


A boreal thing. Often with sedges and stunted spruce. From Cree maske·k, from Proto-Algonquian *maŝkye·kwi, swamp. As usual, Wikipedia has a blurb.

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