pocosin

English

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Etymology

From an unknown Algonquian word, perhaps related to Abenaki pôgwaso (“very shallow”).

Noun

pocosin (plural pocosins)

  1. (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
  • pocosin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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