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pocosin

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7 lettersPronunciation /pəˈkoʊsən/Sorted cinoopsStarts with PEnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A wooded acidic wetland of the southeastern U.S.

  2. coastal plain.

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • One has to go down "on all fours" to get below the dense tangle of vegetation. Each step in the soft peat is uncertain. The reward is a pocosin community full of wildflowers.

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