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    peat moss
    [ noun ]
    any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat
    <noun.plant>


    Peat \Peat\, n. [Prob. for beat, prop., material used to make
    the fire burn better, fr. AS. b?tan to better, mend (a fire),
    b?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.

    {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.]

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