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peatlike

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Etymology

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From peat +‎ -like.

Adjective

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peatlike (comparative more peatlike, superlative most peatlike)

  1. Of or resembling peat; peaty.
    • 1954, Soil survey of Wise County, Virginia, page 28:
      In the few areas underlain by horizontally bedded limestone, the surface soil is dark gray to black and peatlike, and the subsoil gray and marllike.