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palsa

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pal⋅sa

  [pahl-suh]
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–noun, plural pal⋅sen  [pahl-suhn] . Geology.
a mound of earth pushed up by or formed near the edge of a glacier, found in alpine and arctic areas.
Origin:
1940–45; (< G) < Sw pals(e) < Finnish palsa peat knob in a bog, hillock in the tundra < Lappish
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