PEAT


Meaning of PEAT in English

[peat] n, often attrib [ME pete, fr. ML peta] (14c) 1: turf 2b

2: partially carbonized vegetable tissue formed by partial decomposition in water of various plants (as mosses of the genus Sphagnum) -- peaty adj

[2]peat n [origin unknown] (1599): a bold lively woman

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