everglade

[Eng. ever, and glade.] A low, marshy tract of country, inundated with water and interspersed with patches or portions covered with high gra . The Everglades : The name given to a large tract of swampy lands in the southern part of Florida, in Dade and Monroe counties, rendered historical by the Seminole Indian war, in which the chief Osceola bore so prominent a part against Gen. Andrew Jackson.