Marsh
Marsh , noun
[Old English mersch, Anglo-Saxon mersc, from mere lake. See Mere pool, and compare Marish, Morass.]
A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass.
Collocations (19)
Marsh asphodel (Botany) , a plant (Nartheeium ossifragum) with linear equitant leaves, and a raceme of small white flowers; -- called also bog asphodel.
Marsh cinquefoil (Botany) , a plant (Potentilla palustris) having purple flowers, and found growing in marshy places; marsh five-finger.
Marsh elder (Botany) , (a) The guelder-rose or cranberry tree (Viburnum Opulus) (b) In the United States, a composite shrub growing in salt marshes (Iva frutescens).
Marsh five-finger (Botany) , See Marsh cinquefoil (above).
Marsh grass (Botany) , a genus (Spartina) of coarse grasses growing in marshes; -- called also cord grass. The tall Spartina cynosuroides is not good for hay unless cut very young. The low Spartina juncea is a common component of salt hay.
Marsh harrier (Zoology) , a European hawk or harrier (Circus aeruginosus); -- called also marsh hawk, moor hawk, moor buzzard, puttock.
Marsh hawk (Zoology) , (a) A hawk or harrier (Circus cyaneus), native of both America and Europe. The adults are bluish slate above, with a white rump. Called also hen harrier, and mouse hawk. (b) The marsh harrier.
Marsh hen (Zoology) , a rail; esp., Rallus elegans of fresh-water marshes, and Rallus longirostris of salt-water marshes.
Marsh mallow (Botany) , a plant of the genus Althaea ( Althaea officinalis) common in marshes near the seashore, and whose root is much used in medicine as a demulcent.
Marsh marigold (Botany) , See in the Vocabulary.
Marsh pennywort (Botany) , any plant of the umbelliferous genus Hydrocotyle; low herbs with roundish leaves, growing in wet places; -- called also water pennywort.
Marsh quail (Zoology) , the meadow lark.
Marsh rosemary (Botany) , a plant of the genus Statice (Statice Limonium), common in salt marshes. Its root is powerfully astringent, and is sometimes used in medicine. Called also sea lavender.
Marsh St. John's-wort (Botany) , an American herb (Elodes Virginica) with small opposite leaves and flesh-colored flowers.
Marsh tea (Botany) , Same as Labrador tea.
Marsh wren (Zoology) , any species of small American wrens of the genus Cistothorus, and allied genera. They chiefly inhabit salt marshes.