pocosin

n. (美国东南部干草原中的)浅沼泽

发音

/pəˈkoʊsən/

词形变化

pocosins 复数 pocosins

别名

pocoson pocosen poquoson

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A low, wooded swamp in (especially coastal) Eastern Maryland, Virginia or the Carolinas; a palustrine wetland with deep, acidic peat soils.

    美国 生物

相关短语

short pocosin tall pocosin

词源

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”).

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