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EVERGLADES

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Everglades mean?

• EVERGLADES (noun)
The noun EVERGLADES has 1 sense:

1. a large subtropical swamp in southern Florida that is noted for its wildlife

Familiarity information: EVERGLADES used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• EVERGLADES (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A large subtropical swamp in southern Florida that is noted for its wildlife

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

swamp; swampland (low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog)

Holonyms ("Everglades" is a part of...):

Everglade State; FL; Florida; Sunshine State (a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War)

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