marsh fern noun

A tall pale-green fern (Thelypteris palustris) growing in marshy woodlands and fens of Eurasia and N America

marsh-feˈver noun

Malaria

marshˈ-gas noun

Methane

marsh-harrˈier noun

A European harrier hawk frequenting marshes

marsh hawk noun

A common N American hawk with a white patch on its rump (also hen harrier)

marshˈland noun

Marshy country

marshˈlander noun

A person who inhabits marshland

marshˈlocks noun

A marsh-growing species of cinquefoil (Potentilla or Comarum; also marsh-cinqˈuefoil)

marsh-mallˈow noun

A maritime marsh-growing plant (Althaea officinalis) very similar to the hollyhock

marshˈmallow noun

1. A spongy, jellylike sweet, orig made from marsh-mallow root, now from sugar, egg white, gelatin, etc
2. An excessively soft, sweet or sentimental person or thing

marshˈ-man noun

An inhabitant of a marsh

marsh marigold noun

The kingcup (Caltha palustris), a marsh plant of the buttercup family with flowers like big buttercups

marshˈ-robin noun

The chewink (qv)

marsh-samˈphire noun

A plant of the genus Salicornia, glasswort

marsh tit noun

The grey tit (Poecile palustris)

marsh warbler noun

A small brown-and-white Eurasian warbler with a pale stripe over the eyes

marshˈwort noun

A small umbelliferous marsh plant related to celery