Meaning

3 senses
  1. A tree of the species Quercus palustris.

  2. A tree of the species Quercus bicolor.

  3. A tree of the species Casuarina glauca.

More definitions
  • Australian leafless shrub resembling broom and having small yellow flowers
  • 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
  • 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

Forms

plural: swamp oaks
Singularswamp oak
Pluralswamp oaks

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • Australian leafless shrub resembling broom and having small yellow flowers:Viminaria junceaViminaria denudata
  • 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:swamp white oakQuercus bicolor
  • 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:pin oakQuercus palustris

See also

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