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peat::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | humate, vegetable matter |
| Derivation | peaty |
Examples of peat
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Never did like that smokey taste from roasting the grain with burning peat moss.
From the latimes.com
That's a three-peat for one of the most versatile and fearless actors out there.
From the sfgate.com
Small pots made from compressed peat give new plants a little more room to grow.
From the sacbee.com
Sunitha Pangala sampling methane emissions from trees in a peat swamp in Borneo.
From the sciencedaily.com
Of these fires 1,104 were peat bog fires, covering a total of about 4,200 acres.
From the dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com
They want something, anything, to liberate them from a draft lottery three-peat.
From the usatoday.com
Many climate models predict that global warming will cause peat bogs to dry out.
From the newscientist.com
Coir has been touted as a sustainable alternative to peat moss in growing media.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Use a soil-less plant mix of peat moss with perlite, vermiculite or coarse sand.
From the sacbee.com
- Partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried
- Peat, or turf, is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation matter or histosol. Peat forms in wetland bogs, moors, muskegs, pocosins, mires, and peat swamp forests. Peat is harvested as an important source of fuel in certain parts of the world. ...
- Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas
- (peating) Kilning over burning peat, a process used in whisky production to impart an earthy, smoky flavour
- Organic soil material with more than 50% of organic matter derived from plant residues with not fully destroyed structure. ...
- Organic matter that is formed when plant remains from bogs or heathland is prevented from decaying past a certain point through lack of oxygen.
- Deposits of moist, acidic, semi-decayed organic matter.
- A partly decomposed plant material found in marshy areas.
- Partially decomposed sphagnum moss or sedge used in making composts. Valuable for its pronounced air- and water-holding capacity and its freedom from weeds and disease organisms.
