'Magnolia glauca' definitions:
Definition of 'Magnolia glauca'
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- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Gray swamps and pools, waste places of the hern. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 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). [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Magnolia glauca'
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- Magnolia \Mag*no"li*a\, n. [NL. Named after Pierre Magnol, professor of botany at Montpellier, France, in the 17th century.] (Bot.) A genus of American and Asiatic trees, with aromatic bark and large sweet-scented whitish or reddish flowers. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Magnolia grandiflora has coriaceous shining leaves and very fragrant blossoms. It is common from North Carolina to Florida and Texas, and is one of the most magnificent trees of the American forest. The sweet bay (Magnolia glauca)is a small tree found sparingly as far north as Cape Ann. Other American species are Magnolia Umbrella, Magnolia macrophylla, {Magnolia Fraseri}, Magnolia acuminata, and Magnolia cordata. Magnolia conspicua and Magnolia purpurea are cultivated shrubs or trees from Eastern Asia. {Magnolia Campbellii}, of India, has rose-colored or crimson flowers. [1913 Webster]
- Magnolia warbler (Zool.), a beautiful North American wood warbler (Dendroica maculosa). The rump and under parts are bright yellow; the breast and belly are spotted with black; the under tail coverts are white; the crown is ash. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Magnolia glauca'
From: GCIDE
- Sassafras \Sas"sa*fras\, n. [F. sassafras (cf. It. sassafrasso, sassafras, Sp. sasafras, salsafras, salsifrax, salsifragia, saxifragia), fr. L. saxifraga saxifrage. See Saxifrage.] (Bot.) An American tree of the Laurel family ({Sassafras officinale}); also, the bark of the roots, which has an aromatic smell and taste. [1913 Webster]
- Australian sassafras, a lofty tree (Doryophora Sassafras) with aromatic bark and leaves.
- Chilian sassafras, an aromatic tree ({Laurelia sempervirens}).
- New Zealand sassafras, a similar tree ({Laurelia Novae Zelandiae}).
- Sassafras nut. See Pichurim bean.
- Swamp sassafras, the sweet bay (Magnolia glauca). See Magnolia. [1913 Webster]