MOORLAND

moor, moorland

(noun) open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

moorland (countable and uncountable, plural moorlands)

Open land that has an acidic peaty soil and is mostly covered with heather or bracken.

Synonyms

• moor

Hypernyms

• land

Source: Wiktionary


Moor"land, n. Etym: [AS. morland.]

Definition: Land consisting of a moor or moors.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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