turbera — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
turbera is used for these senses in English:
- fen A type of wetland fed by ground water and runoff, containing peat below the waterline, characteristically alkaline.
- moor An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light (and usually acidic) soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath. (Compare bog, peatland, marsh, swamp, fen.)
fen — full definition
- noun A low-lying wetland fed by groundwater, typically less acidic than a bog.
- noun A swamp or marsh in general.
moor — full definition
- noun A wide stretch of open, often hilly land covered in heather and rough grass, with poor, boggy soil.
- verb To tie up and fix a boat in place with ropes, chains, or an anchor.