flatwoods

[ flat-woo dz ]
/ ˈflætˌwʊdz /

noun (used with a plural verb)

a woodland in a low-lying region having little drainage.

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Origin of flatwoods

1835–45, Americanism; flat1 + woods “forest”

Words nearby flatwoods

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