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–noun
muskeg.
mus⋅keg
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–noun
a bog of northern North America, commonly having sphagnum mosses, sedge, and sometimes stunted black spruce and tamarack trees.
Also called
maskeg.
Origin:
1765–75;
< Cree
maske⋅k
< Proto-Algonquian
*maŝkye⋅kwi
swamp
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mas·keg
(mās'kěg')
n. Variant of
muskeg
.
mus·keg
(mŭs'kěg')
n. A swamp or bog formed by an accumulation of sphagnum moss, leaves, and decayed matter resembling peat.
[Cree
maskek
.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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