Associations to the word «Bottomland»

Wiktionary

BOTTOMLAND, noun. Flat land along a river, lying few feet above normal high water, often consisting of alluvial deposits and naturally fertile.

Dictionary definition

BOTTOMLAND, noun. Low-lying alluvial land near a river.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope