bayhead

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A swamp habitat dominated by bay laurels.
    — A hammock or a "bayhead" (a cypress swamp) offers the next most favorable conditions, but a soil of nearly pure muck or vegetable detritus, of a fine floury texture, does not resist drouth as well as does the sandy flatwoods soil.
  2. The portion of a bay located farthest inland, farthest from the body of water the bay is confluent with.
    — Two lowlands lie at the bayhead, one at either end and separated by a steep shore. Utasutsu Bay is separated from Naibo Bay by the volcanic cone on Poronetsu Peninsula. Depths are 60 feet within 1,500 yards of land, and there is a sandy beach at the bayhead.

词形变化

bayheads plural

词源

From bay + head.
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