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muskeg
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muhs
-keg
]
Origin
mus·keg
/
ˈmʌs
kɛg
/
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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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muskeg
(ˈmʌsˌkɛɡ)
—
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
kind of moss bog, 1865, from a Cree Indian word.
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