flatwoods

[ flat-woodz ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

1. a woodland in a low-lying region having little drainage.

Word History and Origins

Origin of flatwoods¹

1835–45, Americanism; flat ¹ + woods “forest”

Example Sentences

Then the struggle begins, for the razorback loves its life, despised pig of the Florida flatwoods though it is.

From Project Gutenberg

That one may be hopelessly lost in the deceptive flatwoods she dismissed with a laugh.

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