Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Everglade

Everglade , noun

A swamp or low tract of land inundated with water and interspersed with hummocks, or small islands, and patches of high grass; as, the everglades of Florida. [United States]

When used in the United States without qualification, the word Everglades is understood to refer to the Everglades of southern Florida.