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muskeg

[muhs-keg] Origin

mus·keg

[muhs-keg]
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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