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hochmoor
adjective
hoch·moor
\ˈhōḵ+ˌ-\
Definition of hochmoor
: being or growing on various acid peats or peaty soils the hochmoor soils along the Baltic coast
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Origin and Etymology of hochmoor
German hoch high + moor fen, swamp, from Old High German muor
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