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Definition of peat

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Definition as written by Greenwood:

Partially carbonized vegetable matter, usually mosses, found in bogs and used as fertilizer

Definition as written by Magpye:

The preserved and compressed remains of dead bog plants. Often known as peat moss because it is from sphagnum or sedge peat.

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