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Definitions of peat in various dictionaries:
noun - partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water
Partially carbonized vegetable matter, usually mosses, found in bogs and used as fertilizer and fuel.
noun - a substance composed of partially decayed vegetable matter
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| This partly-decayed plant matter is a common fuel in areas without much coal |
| This partially decomposed plant material that forms in bogs is the first step in coal formation |
| Moss type used as fuel |
| Cut from a bog, it's then dried for use as a fuel |
| (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor.) When a wetland becomes covered with plant material, the lack of oxygen hinders decay, so that over time a layer of partially decayed matter is formed, called this |
| Bogs of this carbonized vegetation useful as fuel are found in much of Europe, including Estonia |
| To keep them from drying out, orchids & other rare plants are potted in this moss found in bogs |
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| Partially carbonized vegetable matter, usually mosses, found in bogs and used as fertilizer and fuel. |
| a brown material consisting of partly decomposed vegetable matter forming a deposit on acidic, boggy, ground, which is dried for use in gardening and as fuel. |
| partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water can be used as a fuel when dried |
| A brown deposit resembling soil, formed by the partial decomposition of vegetable matter in the wet acidic conditions of bogs and fens, and often cut out and dried for use as fuel and in gardening. |
| a dark brown substance like soil that was formed by plants dying and becoming buried. It is sometimes added to ordinary garden soil to improve it and is sometimes used as fuel. |
| partly decayed plant matter, used to improve garden dirt or as fuel |
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| Peat (), also called turf (), is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter that is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs. The peatland ecosystem is the most efficient carbon sink on the planet, because peatland plants capture CO2 naturally released from the peat, maintaining an equilibrium. In natural peatlands, the "annual rate of biomass production is greater than the rate of decomposition", but it takes "thousands of years for peatlands to develop the deposits of 1.5 to 2.3 m [4.9 to 7.5 ft], which is the average depth of the boreal [northern] peatlands". Sphagnum moss, also called peat moss, is one of the most common components in peat, although many other plants can contribute. Soils consisting primarily of peat are known as histosols. Peat forms in wetland conditions, where flooding obstructs the flow of oxygen from the atmosphere, slowing the rate of decomposition.Peatlands, particularly bogs, are the primary source of p |