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Definition of polygonboden in English:
polygonboden
(also polygenboden)
noun
Physical GeographyTreated as plural. Polygons of patterned ground.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in The Botanical Gazette. From German Polygonboden, lit. ‘polygon ground’ (1902 or earlier in the source reviewed in quot. 1902; from Polygon + Boden, after Swedish rutmark chequered ground).
