Everglades, a large shallow lake in southern Florida, enclosing thousands of islets, covered with dense thickets, and containing great numbers of alligators. From this district Florida is sometimes called the Everglade State. See books by Whitehead (1891) and Willoughby (1899).
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 472
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