— marshlike , adj.
/mahrsh/ , n.
a tract of low wet land, often treeless and periodically inundated, generally characterized by a growth of grasses, sedges, cattails, and rushes.
[ bef. 900; ME mershe, OE mer ( i ) sc (c. G Marsch ). See MERE 2 , -ISH 1 ; cf. MARAIS, MARISH, MORASS ]
Syn . swamp, bog, fen, marshland, wetland.