Everglade

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A tract of marshland, usually under water and covered in places with tall grass.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A tract of marshland, especially one containing clumps of sawgrass and hammocks of vegetation
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A swamp or low tract of land inundated with water and interspersed with hummocks, or small islands, and patches of high grass.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A low, swampy tract of land, more or less covered by a growth of tall grass: a word in common use in Florida, a large portion of the southern part of this State being a marshy region known as the Everglades. Further north similar tracts, in the region bordering on the sea, are called dismals or pocosins.
    • Word Usage
    "I have no idea of how long we were in that vast everglade, but it must have been for weeks."
    Cross Reference
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