EVERGLADES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Everglades mean? 

• EVERGLADES (noun)
  The noun EVERGLADES has 1 sense:

1. a large subtropical swamp in southern Florida that is noted for its wildlife

  Familiarity information: EVERGLADES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EVERGLADES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large subtropical swamp in southern Florida that is noted for its wildlife

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

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

Holonyms ("Everglades" is a part of...):

Everglade State; FL; Fla.; Florida; Sunshine State (a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War. In Spanish, Florida means Flowery)