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everglades

everglades is the plural of everglade.

Meaning of everglade

Noun

everglade (plural everglades)

  1. A tract of marshland, especially one containing clumps of sawgrass and hammocks of vegetation

Proper noun capitalized: Everglades

the Everglades

  1. An area of subtropical marshland in southern Florida.
  2. Everglades National Park, a national park in south of the Everglades.
    • Beginning this year, federal park officials will restrict airboat use to those who, in 1989, used them regularly in the eastern part of Everglades National Park near Miami. That was the year Congress passed a far-reaching law to protect and expand the park by nearly 109,000 acres, and to help it...2016 June 11, Lizette Alvarez, “In a Corner of the Everglades, a Way of Life Ebbs”, in The New York Times
    Synonyms:
    the Glades

Synonyms of everglades

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Phrases with everglades

Questions about everglades

What does everglades mean?
Everglades means an area of subtropical marshland in southern Florida.
What is everglades the plural of?
Everglades is the plural of everglade.
What part of speech is everglades?
Everglades is a proper noun.

Words near everglades in the dictionary

  1. evergetisms
  2. evergetist
  3. evergetists
  4. everglade
  5. Everglade kite
  6. everglades
  7. Everglades kite
  8. everglowing
  9. evergoing
  10. evergreen
  11. evergreen industries

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