slovodefinícia
peat moss
(encz)
peat moss,rašeliník Zdeněk Brož
Peat moss
(gcide)
Peat \Peat\, n. [Prob. for beat, prop., material used to make
the fire burn better, fr. AS. b[=e]tan to better, mend (a
fire), b[=o]t advantage. See Better, Boot advantage.]
A substance of vegetable origin, consisting of roots and
fibers, moss, etc., in various stages of decomposition, and
found, as a kind of turf or bog, usually in low situations,
where it is always more or less saturated with water. It is
often dried and used for fuel.
[1913 Webster]

Peat bog, a bog containing peat; also, peat as it occurs in
such places; peat moss.

Peat moss.
(a) The plants which, when decomposed, become peat.
(b) A fen producing peat.
(c) (Bot.) Moss of the genus Sphagnum, which often grows
abundantly in boggy or peaty places.

Peat reek, the reek or smoke of peat; hence, also, the
peculiar flavor given to whisky by being distilled with
peat as fuel. [Scot.]
[1913 Webster]
peat moss
(wn)
peat moss
n 1: any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum
whose decomposed remains form peat [syn: sphagnum,
sphagnum moss, peat moss, bog moss]
podobné slovodefinícia
Peat moss
(gcide)
Peat \Peat\, n. [Prob. for beat, prop., material used to make
the fire burn better, fr. AS. b[=e]tan to better, mend (a
fire), b[=o]t advantage. See Better, Boot advantage.]
A substance of vegetable origin, consisting of roots and
fibers, moss, etc., in various stages of decomposition, and
found, as a kind of turf or bog, usually in low situations,
where it is always more or less saturated with water. It is
often dried and used for fuel.
[1913 Webster]

Peat bog, a bog containing peat; also, peat as it occurs in
such places; peat moss.

Peat moss.
(a) The plants which, when decomposed, become peat.
(b) A fen producing peat.
(c) (Bot.) Moss of the genus Sphagnum, which often grows
abundantly in boggy or peaty places.

Peat reek, the reek or smoke of peat; hence, also, the
peculiar flavor given to whisky by being distilled with
peat as fuel. [Scot.]
[1913 Webster]

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