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marsh pennywort

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
marsh/mɑːʃ/

▶noun an area of low-lying land which is flooded in wet seasons or at high tide, and typically remains waterlogged at all times.

– derivatives
marshiness noun,
marshy adjective (marshier, marshiest).

– origin OE mer(i)sc, of W. Gmc origin.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pennywort /ˈpɛnɪwəːt/

▶noun a plant with small rounded leaves, growing in crevices or marshy places. [Umbilicus rupestris (wall pennywort) and Hydrocotyle vulgaris (marsh or water pennywort).]

'marsh' also found in these Oxford entries:

arrowgrass - bog asphodel - carr - cowslip - crannog - creek - curragh - galliwasp - glasswort - hibiscus - hummock - kingcup - marigold - Marsh Arab - marsh fever - marsh gas - marsh harrier - marsh hawk - marsh mallow - marsh marigold - morass - paludal - pennywort - rush - salina - salt marsh - sink - suds - sump - swamp

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