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marshwort
  1. A small, white-flowered plant, of the genus Apium, that grows in marshy habitats.
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    1. “This marshwort is a small, creeping umbellifer which grows in open, wet, usually base-rich permanent pasture subject to winter flooding.”
      “Early gentian and Creeping marshwort are European protected species.”
      Marshwort is of extremely limited distribution in New Zealand but has the potential to spread and become a very serious problem.”
marshman
  1. An inhabitant of a marshy area or piece of marshland. [from 15th c.]
marshland
  1. marshy land; bog or fen
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    1. “Many houses along the marshland do not have window screens and have large gaps in the floor and ceiling.”
      “My Essex is coastal, a mixture of marshland and arable on the gentlest of river valleys.”
      “The nine-storey building was constructed on marshland and the access road was narrow.”
marshlander
  1. A person who comes from a marshland.
marshscape
marshiness
  1. The quality or state of being marshy
marsh
  1. An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass.
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    1. “The cages were covered with wet marsh grass to minimize mortality from desiccation and heat stress during the lowtide period.”
      “The country is different from Patagonia, lush and flat, a mixture of water meadow and marsh, with occasional weird trees.”
      “The marsh supports American toads, midland painted turtles, Blanding's turtles, snapping turtles, and Lake Erie water snakes.”
marshlanders
  1. plural of marshlander
marshscapes
  1. plural of marshscape
marshlands
  1. plural of marshland
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    1. “To the west, a thick patch of forest stretched all the way to the sea, punctuated in several places by vast marshlands and winding rivers.”
      “The large areas of woodland, moors, marshlands and lowlands around east Lancashire were obviously difficult to manage from the castle.”
      “And off to the right, you can see all the wetlands and marshlands that lead to the Lakes.”
marshworts
  1. plural of marshwort
marshes
  1. plural of marsh
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    1. “Sometimes he goes to watch birds in the suburban marshes, where more rare species can be found.”
      “It tells the story of young Pip, who encounters an escaped criminal in a memorably spooky graveyard on the Kentish marshes.”
      “Many thousands of wintering wildfowl feed and roost among the country's estuaries and salt marshes.”
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