swamp oak

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swamp oak - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Swamp \Swamp\, n. [Cf. AS. swam a fungus, OD. swam a sponge, D.
     zwam a fungus, G. schwamm a sponge, Icel. sv["o]ppr, Dan. &
     Sw. swamp, Goth. swamms, Gr. somfo`s porous, spongy.]
     Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but
     not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the
     seashore.
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           Gray swamps and pools, waste places of the hern.
                                                    --Tennyson.
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           A swamp differs from a bog and a marsh in producing
           trees and shrubs, while the latter produce only
           herbage, plants, and mosses.             --Farming
                                                    Encyc. (E.
                                                    Edwards,
                                                    Words).
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     Swamp blackbird. (Zool.) See Redwing
     (b) .
  
     Swamp cabbage (Bot.), skunk cabbage.
  
     Swamp deer (Zool.), an Asiatic deer (Rucervus Duvaucelli)
        of India.
  
     Swamp hen. (Zool.)
     (a) An Australian azure-breasted bird (Porphyrio bellus);
         -- called also goollema.
     (b) An Australian water crake, or rail (Porzana Tabuensis);
         -- called also little swamp hen.
     (c) The European purple gallinule.
  
     Swamp honeysuckle (Bot.), an American shrub (Azalea  viscosa
         syn. Rhododendron viscosa or Rhododendron  viscosum
        ) growing in swampy places, with fragrant flowers
        of a white color, or white tinged with rose; -- called
        also swamp pink and white swamp honeysuckle.
  
     Swamp hook, a hook and chain used by lumbermen in handling
        logs. Cf. Cant hook.
  
     Swamp itch. (Med.) See Prairie itch, under Prairie.
  
     Swamp laurel (Bot.), a shrub (Kalmia glauca) having small
        leaves with the lower surface glaucous.
  
     Swamp maple (Bot.), red maple. See Maple.
  
     Swamp oak (Bot.), a name given to several kinds of oak
        which grow in swampy places, as swamp Spanish oak
        (Quercus palustris), swamp white oak (Quercus  bicolor
        ), swamp post oak (Quercus lyrata).
  
     Swamp ore (Min.), bog ore; limonite.
  
     Swamp partridge (Zool.), any one of several Australian game
        birds of the genera Synoicus and Excalfatoria, allied
        to the European partridges.
  
     Swamp robin (Zool.), the chewink.
  
     Swamp sassafras (Bot.), a small North American tree of the
        genus Magnolia (Magnolia glauca) with aromatic leaves
        and fragrant creamy-white blossoms; -- called also sweet  bay
        .
  
     Swamp sparrow (Zool.), a common North American sparrow
        (Melospiza Georgiana, or Melospiza palustris), closely
        resembling the song sparrow. It lives in low, swampy
        places.
  
     Swamp willow. (Bot.) See Pussy willow, under Pussy.
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swamp oak - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  swamp oak
      n 1: Australian leafless shrub resembling broom and having small
           yellow flowers [syn: swamp oak, Viminaria juncea,
           Viminaria denudata]
      2: fast-growing medium to large pyramidal deciduous tree of
         northeastern United States and southeastern Canada having
         deeply pinnatifid leaves that turn bright red in autumn;
         thrives in damp soil [syn: pin oak, swamp oak, Quercus   palustris
         ]
      3: large deciduous oak of the eastern United States with a flaky
         bark and leaves that have fewer lobes than other white oaks;
         yields heavy strong wood used in construction; thrives in wet
         soil [syn: swamp white oak, swamp oak, Quercus bicolor]