fen
noun
[ fɛn ]
• a low and marshy or frequently flooded area of land.
• "a native species of fens and damp meadows"
Similar:
marsh,
marshland,
salt marsh,
fenland,
wetland,
bog,
peat bog,
bogland,
swamp,
swampland,
moss,
carr,
corcass,
bayou,
moor,
pocosin,
salina,
marish,
Origin:
Old English fen(n), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch veen and German Fenn .
fen
noun
• a monetary unit of China, equal to one hundredth of a yuan.
Origin:
from Chinese fēn ‘a hundredth part’.
