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mossland

mossland noun: land abounding in peat bogs.

Noun

mossland (countable and uncountable, plural mosslands)

  1. Land abounding in peat bogs.
    • [...] wet regions. The author uses the term "moos" (mossland) for "hochmoor" and defines it as an area with at least 50 cm. of peat consisting of Sphagnum or some substitute. The term "reed-swamp" is used for "flachmoor" or ...1916, Frederic Edward Clements, Plant Succession: An Analysis of the Development of Vegetation, page 268
    • [...] swampy mossland in Cumberland : […]1947, Norman Ellison, Our British Birds and Beasts, page 91

Examples of mossland in a sentence

  • [...] swampy mossland, difficult to drain.1973, John Henry Smith, The Great Human Exploit: Historic Industries of the North-west, page 2:
  • [...] swampy marsh, known as the Mossland : today , a path of wooden planks meanders across the marsh.2013, László Krasznahorkai, Seiobo There Below, page 313:

Forms of mossland

pluralmosslands

Origin of mossland

From moss + land.

Questions about mossland

What does mossland mean?
Mossland means land abounding in peat bogs.
How do you use mossland in a sentence?
[...] swampy mossland, difficult to drain.
What part of speech is mossland?
Mossland is a noun.
What is the plural of mossland?
The plural of mossland is mosslands.

Words near mossland in the dictionary

  1. mossiness
  2. mossinesses
  3. mossing
  4. mosskiller
  5. mosskillers
  6. mossland
  7. mosslands
  8. mossle
  9. mossles
  10. mossless
  11. Mossley

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