WETLAND

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A low area where the land is saturated with water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("wetland" is a kind of...):

ground; land; soil (material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wetland"):

bog; peat bog (wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel)

fen; fenland; marsh; marshland (low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water)

swamp; swampland (low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog)

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