n. A swamp or low tract of land inundated with water and interspersed with hummocks, or small islands, and patches of high grass; as, the everglades of Florida. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ When used in the United States without qualification, the word Everglades is understood to refer to the Everglades of southern Florida. [ PJC ]
(n) a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War, Syn. Sunshine State, FL, Everglade State