moorland
English
Etymology
moor + land
Noun
moorland (countable and uncountable, plural moorlands)
- Open land that has an acidic peaty soil and is mostly covered with heather or bracken.
Synonyms
- moor
Hypernyms
- land
Derived terms
- Staffordshire Moorlands
Translations
land covered with heather or bracken
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References
moorland on Wikipedia.Wikipedia