pegasseとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /pəˈɡæs/, /pəˈɡɑs/

名詞

pegasse (uncountable)

1. Peat; dark, spongy, acidic, soil of decomposed vegetation (peat), especially in Guyana.
   • 2015, Ramesh Gampat, Guyana: from Slavery to the Present, volume 2:

     The swampland is an extensive pegasse swamp, which is rich in organic matter and intensely acidic.

派生語

• pegassy, pegassey

参照

Further reading

• Richard Allsopp, Jeannette Allsopp, Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage (2003), page 435

アナグラム

• pesages