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Marsh

/mɑː(ɹ)ʃ/

An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass.

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    An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass.

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fennounA type of wetland fed by ground water and runoff, containing peat below the waterline, characteristically alkaline.
marshlandnounMarshy land; bog or fen.

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marshlandnounMarshy land; bog or fen.
fennounA type of wetland fed by ground water and runoff, containing peat below the waterline, characteristically alkaline.
boggyHaving the qualities of a bog; i.e. dank, squishy, muddy, and full of water and rotting vegetation.
marshyOf, or resembling a marsh; boggy.
bognoun(UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, slang) A place to defecate: originally specifically a latrine or outhouse but now used for any toilet.
swampySoggy and marshy; wet like a swamp.
mirenounAn undesirable situation; a predicament.
swampnounAn area of wet (water-saturated), spongy (soft) land, often with trees, generally a rich ecosystem for certain plants and animals but ill-suited for many agricultural purposes. (A type of wetland. Compare marsh, bog, fen.)
bayounounA swamp; a marshy (stagnant) body of water.
wetlandnoun(usually in the plural) Land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas.
biolnounAbbreviation of biology. [The study of all life or living matter.]
marchnounA formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, by bands, and in ceremonies.
malarianoun(pathology) A disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days.
mallownounAny of a group of flowering plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae, especially of the genus Malva. Several species are edible by humans.
marigoldnounAny of the Old World plants, of the genus Calendula, with orange, yellow or reddish flowers.
sloughnounThe skin shed by a snake or other reptile.
fenwaynounA neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
moretonnounA number of places in England:
romneynounA surname.
mallowsnounA surname

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