peatlike

English

Etymology

From peat +‎ -like.

Adjective

peatlike (comparative more peatlike, superlative most peatlike)

1. Of or resembling peat; peaty.
   • 1954, Soil survey of Wise County, Virginia, page 28:

     In the few areas underlain by horizontally bedded limestone, the surface soil is dark gray to black and peatlike, and the subsoil gray and marllike.