noun
- a swamp or marsh in a flat area, especially in the southeastern United States
Usage: regional; ecology
Examples
- The pocosin stretched for miles across the coastal plain.
- Wildlife biologists studied the unique plant species in the pocosin.
- The pocosin provided important habitat for migratory birds.
- Developers were restricted from building in the protected pocosin area.
- The pocosin’s acidic soil supported specialized vegetation.
- Fire occasionally swept through the pocosin, renewing the ecosystem.