noun
- A dense, evergreen shrub thicket or swamp, especially in the southeastern United States, typically found in low-lying areas with poor drainage.
Usage: regional; chiefly southeastern U.S.
Examples
- The hikers had to push through a thick pocosin to reach the other side of the wetland.
- Pocosins are important ecosystems that provide habitat for many wildlife species.
- The coastal plain is dotted with pocosins and other wetland areas.
- Fire plays a natural role in maintaining the health of pocosin vegetation.
- Many pocosins in North Carolina have been drained for agricultural development.