pocosin
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po·co·sin
(pə-kō'sĭn) 
n. Chiefly South Atlantic U.S.
A swamp in an upland coastal region. Also called dismal.
n. Chiefly South Atlantic U.S.
A swamp in an upland coastal region. Also called dismal.
[Possibly of Virginia Algonquian origin.]
REGIONAL NOTE In coastal Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and the Carolinas, a swamp or marsh can be called a pocosin or a dismal, the second term illustrated in the name of the Dismal Swamp on the border of North Carolina and Virginia. The word pocosin possibly comes from Virginia Algonquian. The early settlers used pocosin as a designation for low swampy ground, especially a wooded swamp.
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- Plains and Marshes - pocosin: upland swamp of coastal plain
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