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everglade

American  
[ev-er-gleyd] / ˈɛv ərˌgleɪd /

noun

everglades plural
  1. a tract of low, swampy land, especially in southern Florida, characterized by clumps of tall grass and numerous branching waterways.


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Etymology

Origin of everglade

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25; ever + glade

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Possibly in the midst of some Florida everglade, making a noise like a piece of meat in order to snare crocodiles.

From Psmith, Journalist by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

I have only a short time to be out," objected Cora, "and perhaps some other time I will come to see your everglade.

From The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake Or the Hermit of Fern Island by Penrose, Margaret

Picking a path as they went on Jack and his companions pushed into the deep everglade, the lush undergrowth sometimes quite impeding their progress, and making their advance very slow.

From The Hilltop Boys on Lost Island by Burleigh, Cyril

The spot on the edge of an everglade.

From The White Squaw by Reid, Mayne

I have no idea of how long we were in that vast everglade, but it must have been for weeks.

From Before Adam by London, Jack

Vice City's version of Miami's art deco, neon-lit beachfront appears in the trailer, as does the Grassrivers swampland, inspired by the Florida everglades.

From BBC May 6, 2025

The website features sounds from locations like national parks and the everglades.

From The Verge Jun. 24, 2022

He gathered fourteen crocodiles and alligators from the everglades and swamps of Florida and Louisiana, the streams of the Amazon, the wilds of Senegal and the muddy marshes of old Nile.

From Slate Feb. 8, 2020

Protecting nature: Sequoias, glaciers, the everglades — officials with the National Park Service are wondering just what will be left of these parks in 100 years.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2016

This was one thing that made the St. John's River so attractive to them and even to me;—it was so much nearer the everglades.

From Army Life in a Black Regiment by Higginson, Thomas Wentworth

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