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SWAMP OAK

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Quercus bicolor; swamp oak; swamp white oak

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("swamp oak" is a kind of...):

white oak (any of numerous Old World and American oaks having 6 to 8 stamens in each floret, acorns that mature in one year and leaf veins that never extend beyond the margin of the leaf)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

pin oak; Quercus palustris; swamp oak

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("swamp oak" is a kind of...):

oak; oak tree (a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Australian leafless shrub resembling broom and having small yellow flowers

Synonyms:

swamp oak; Viminaria denudata; Viminaria juncea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("swamp oak" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("swamp oak" is a member of...):

genus Viminaria; Viminaria (one species: Australian leafless shrubs: swamp oak)

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