[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

slough \slough\, n. oe. slogh, slough, as. sl=oh a hollow
   place; cf. mhg. sl=uch an abyss, gullet, g. schlucken to
   swallow; also gael.  ir. sloc a pit, pool. ditch, ir. slug
   to swallow. gr. ????? to hiccough, to sob.
   1. a place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire.
      --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            he's here stuck in a slough.          --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. pronounced sl=oo. a wet place; a swale; a side channel
      or inlet from a river.

   note: in this sense local or provincial; also spelt sloo,
         and slue.
         1913 webster

   slough grass bot., a name in the mississippi valley for
      grasses of the genus muhlenbergia; -- called also drop
      seed, and nimble will.
      1913 webster
see also:
sloo slue slough grass muhlenbergia drop seed nimble will 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

slough grass
     n : north american cordgrass having leaves with dry membranous
         margins and glumes with long awns syn: prairie
         cordgrass, freshwater cordgrass, spartina pectinmata
see also:
prairie cordgrass freshwater cordgrass spartina pectinmata 

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