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noun
A low, wooded swamp in (especially coastal) Eastern Maryland, Virginia or the Carolinas; a palustrine wetland with deep, acidic peat soils.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From an unknown Algonquian word, sometimes suggested to be one meaning "opening out" (the widening of a river, related to Ojibwe baakisin (“it is left open”)), or "swamp on a hill". Alternatively, perhaps related to Abenaki pôgwaso (“very shallow”).
