pocosin
English edit
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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.
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References edit
- “pocoson”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.