palsa
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 5
Definition of palsa
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A hummock rising out of a bog with a core of ice; similar in appearance to a pingo but due to different structure palsas cannot grow as big as pingos.
“Peat plateaux are larger landforms formed by the coalescence of palsas. String bogs, also called patterned fens, occur in muskeg. They are alternations of thin, string-like strips or ridges of peat, mainly Sphagnum moss, which may[…]”
“These basin bogs are generally associated with Picea mariana or are treeless. Species in these wetlands are similar to those found in other palsas in Canada.”
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Etymology
From Finnish palsa, from Northern Sami balsa.
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