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SWAMPS |
Marshes |
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BOGS |
Swamps or marshes |
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MARISH |
Growing in marshes. |
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SALT |
Marshes flooded by the tide. |
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PALUDAL |
Of or pertaining to marshes or fens; marshy. |
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SALSUGINOUS |
Growing in brackish places or in salt marshes. |
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MARSHY |
Pertaining to, or produced in, marshes; as, a marshy weed. |
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HALOPHYTE |
A plant found growing in salt marshes, or in the sea. |
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PALUDISM |
The morbid phenomena produced by dwelling among marshes;
malarial disease or disposition. |
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POLYMNITE |
A stone marked with dendrites and black lines, and so
disposed as to represent rivers, marshes, etc. |
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WATER GANG |
A passage for water, such as was usually made in a sea
wall, to drain water out of marshes. |
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SEA MUD |
A rich slimy deposit in salt marshes and along the seashore,
sometimes used as a manure; -- called also sea ooze. |
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EXHALE |
To breathe out. Hence: To emit, as vapor; to send out,
as an odor; to evaporate; as, the earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale
noxious effluvia. |
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LIZARD'S TAIL |
A perennial plant of the genus Saururus (S. cernuus),
growing in marshes, and having white flowers crowded in a slender
terminal spike, somewha... |
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CAT-TAIL |
A tall rush or flag (Typha latifolia) growing in marshes,
with long, flat leaves, and having its flowers in a close cylindrical
spike at the to... |
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GALLINULE |
... toes,
and a frontal shield, belonging to the family Rallidae. They are
remarkable for running rapidly over marshes and on floating plants. The
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