muskeg
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kɛg noun
a bog of northern North America, commonly having sphagnum mosses, sedge, and sometimes stunted black spruce and tamarack trees.
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| —n | |
| 1. | undrained boggy land characterized by sphagnum moss vegetation: vast areas of muskeg |
| 2. | a bog or swamp of this nature |
| [C19: from Algonquian: grassy swamp] | |
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Muskeg
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Word Origin & History
muskeg
kind of moss bog, 1865, from a Cree Indian word.
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Example sentences
The uplands and muskeg throughout the park provide good exploratory hiking.
The surrounding terrain is predominantly flat to rolling old growth forest and muskeg.
There is peat bog, or muskeg, dangerous if you take a misstep and fall into a muskeg hole.
Wetland vegetation includes conifer bogs and swamps and open muskeg.
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