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Possibly from a corruption of dialectical variants of peat grass.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
pegasse
Today it means: Peat; dark, spongy, acidic, soil of decomposed vegetation (peat), especially in Guyana. Full definition →
Today it means: Peat; dark, spongy, acidic, soil of decomposed vegetation (peat), especially in Guyana. Full definition →
Possibly from a corruption of dialectical variants of peat grass.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.