[peet] 
| 1. | a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel. |
| 2. | such vegetable matter used as fertilizer or fuel. |
[peet] | a merry young girl; darling (used as a term of endearment). |
| peat (pēt) n. Partially carbonized vegetable matter, usually mosses, found in bogs and used as fertilizer and fuel. [Middle English pete, perhaps from Medieval Latin peta.] peat'y adj. |