Marsh

Marsh  (Märsh), Ngaio 1899-1982.

New Zealand writer known for her detective novels, including A Man Lay Dead (1934) and Last Ditch (1977).

---

marsh  (märsh)

n.

An area of soft, wet, low-lying land, characterized by grassy vegetation and often forming a transition zone between water and land.

---

[Middle English, from Old English mersc; see mori- in Indo-European roots.]

---

marsh

Noun

low poorly drained land that is wet, muddy, and sometimes flooded [Old English merisc]

marshy adj

---

marsh  (märsh)

An area of low-lying wetland in which the level of water is generally shallow and often fluctuating. The water may be either standing or slow-moving. The water in a marsh is also more or less neutral or alkaline, in contrast to the water in a bog, which is acidic. The environment of a marsh is in general well-oxygenated and nutrient-rich and allows a great variety of organisms to flourish. In contrast to a swamp, in which there is an abundance of woody plants, the plants in a marsh are mostly herbaceous. Reeds and rushes dominate the vegetation of marshes. See also salt marsh.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	marsh - low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "the fens of eastern England" fenland, marshland, fen salt marsh - low-lying wet land that is frequently flooded with saltwater wetland - a low area where the land is saturated with water
	2.	Marsh - United States painter (1898-1954) Reginald Marsh
	3.	Marsh - New Zealand writer of detective stories (1899-1982) Ngaio Marsh

---

marsh

noun swamp, moss Scot., Northern English (dialect) bog, slough, fen, quagmire, morass, muskeg Canad.

Translations

marsh [mɑːʃ] n → pantano (= salt marsh); marisma

---

marsh [mɑːʃ] n → marais m, marécage m

---

marsh [mɑːʃ] n → Sumpf m;

(also: salt marsh) → Salzsumpf m

---

marsh [mɑːʃ] n → palude f