pocosin
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From an unknown Algonquian word, perhaps related to Abenaki pôgwaso (“very shallow”).
Noun
[edit]pocosin (plural pocosins)
- (US) A low, wooded swamp in (especially coastal) Eastern Maryland or Virginia; a palustrine wetland with deep, acidic peat soils.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “pocoson”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.