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Doug · 08-15-2008, 07:57 PM

Verdant -green with vegetation; covered with growing plants or grass:

Muskeg-a bog of northern North America, commonly having sphagnum mosses, sedge, and sometimes stunted black spruce and tamarack trees.

Scrimshaw- a carved or engraved article, esp. of whale ivory, whalebone, walrus tusks, or the like, made by whalers as a leisure occupation

08-15-2008, 07:57 PM	#12
Doug Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Ontario, CA Posts: 260	Re: Vocabulary terms you have learned from listening to Gord... Verdant -green with vegetation; covered with growing plants or grass: Muskeg-a bog of northern North America, commonly having sphagnum mosses, sedge, and sometimes stunted black spruce and tamarack trees. Scrimshaw- a carved or engraved article, esp. of whale ivory, whalebone, walrus tusks, or the like, made by whalers as a leisure occupation __________________ Doug "When love is true.....there is no truer occupation"