- pocosin
- noun Etymology: probably from Virginia or North Carolina Algonquian Date: 1634 an upland swamp of the coastal plain of the southeastern United States
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Pocosin — is a term for a type of palustrine wetland with deep, acidic, sandy, peat soils. Groundwater saturates the soil except during brief seasonal dry spells and during prolonged droughts. Pocosin soils are nutrient deficient (oligotrophic), especially … Wikipedia
Pocosin — ist die Bezeichnung für eine in Nordamerika vorkommende Form sumpfiger Feuchtgebiete bzw. Moore mit tiefgründigen, sauren, sandigen und torfigen Böden. Das Wort Pocosin ist wahrscheinlich der Östlichen Algonkin Sprachfamilie entlehnt[1].… … Deutsch Wikipedia
pocosin — ☆ pocosin [pə kō′sən, pō′kōsən ] n. [prob. < AmInd] [Southeast] a low, flat, swampy region in savannas of the SE U.S … English World dictionary
Pocosin — Un ours noir traversant un pocosin de Caroline du Nord. Lieu : Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge (en) … Wikipédia en Français
pocosin — po·co·sin (pə kō’sĭn) n. Chiefly South Atlantic US ▸ A swamp in an upland coastal region. Also called regionally dismal. ╂ [Possibly of Virginia Algonquian origin.] Word History: In the Atlantic coastal plain from Virginia through northern… … Word Histories
Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge — The Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge (coord|35.75097| 76.510162|display=inline,title) is located in North Carolina s Inner Banks on the Albemarle Pamlico Peninsula in Hyde, Tyrrell, and Washington Counties, North Carolina. Its headquarters… … Wikipedia
pocosin pine — vėlyvoji pušis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Pušinių šeimos medieninis augalas (Pinus serotina), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Pinus serotina angl. marsh pine; pocosin pine; pond pine šaltinis Valstybinės lietuvių kalbos… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
pocosin — a swamp partially or completely enclosed by a sandy rim … Dictionary of ichthyology
pocosin — /peuh koh seuhn, poh keuh seuhn/, n. Southeastern U.S. a swamp or marsh in an upland coastal region. Also, pocoson, pocosen. [1625 35, Amer.; prob. < an unattested form in a southern Eastern Algonquian language] * * * … Universalium
pocosin — (colloquial: southeastern USA) A large wet area, commonly a swamp, which occurs on broad, nearly level interfluves in the Atlantic coastal plain with distinctive, native vegetation relative to adjacent areas. Soils may be either mineral or… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
