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EVERGLADE

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ev⋅er⋅glade

[ev-er-gleyd]
–noun
a tract of low, swampy land, esp. in southern Florida, characterized by clumps of tall grass and numerous branching waterways.

Origin:
1815–25, Americanism; ever + glade
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ev·er·glade   (ěv'ər-glād')   
n.  A tract of marshland, usually under water and covered in places with tall grass.

[After the Everglades.]
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