swamp azalea

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• swamp azalea — noun shrub growing in swamps throughout the eastern United States and having small white to pinkish flowers resembling honeysuckle • Syn: ↑swamp honeysuckle, ↑white honeysuckle, ↑Rhododendron viscosum • Hypernyms: ↑rhododendron * * * noun : a… …   Useful english dictionary

• swamp azalea — an azalea, Rhododendron viscosum, of the eastern U.S., having fragrant, white to pink or sometimes red flowers. [1790 1800] * * * …   Universalium

• swamp honeysuckle — noun shrub growing in swamps throughout the eastern United States and having small white to pinkish flowers resembling honeysuckle • Syn: ↑swamp azalea, ↑white honeysuckle, ↑Rhododendron viscosum • Hypernyms: ↑rhododendron * * * noun …   Useful english dictionary

• swamp apple — noun : a large white or pink slightly acid edible gall on the swamp azalea caused by a fungus (Exobasidium vaccinii) …   Useful english dictionary

• swamp pink — noun 1. a. : swamp azalea b. : pinxter flower 2. : a grass pink (Calopogon pulchellus) 3. : a rare bog herb (Helonias bullata) of the eastern United States * * * …   Useful english dictionary

• Azalea viscosa — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Swamp blackbird — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Swamp cabbage — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Swamp deer — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Swamp hen — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English