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Found 3 hits - Term: swamp maple, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
maple \ma"ple\ m=a"p'l, n. as. mapolder, mapulder, mapol;
   akin to icel. m"opurr; cf. ohg. mazzaltra, mazzoltra, g.
   massholder. bot.
   a tree of the genus acer, including about fifty species.
   acer saccharinum is the rock maple, or sugar maple,
   from the sap of which sugar is made, in the united states, in
   great quantities, by evaporation; the red maple or swamp
   maple is acer rubrum; the silver maple, acer
   dasycarpum, having fruit wooly when young; the striped
   maple, acer pennsylvanium, called also moosewood. the
   common maple of europe is acer campestre, the sycamore
   maple is acer pseudo-platanus, and the norway maple is
   acer platanoides.
   1913 webster

   note: maple is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
         a compound; as, maple tree, maple leaf, etc.
         1913 webster

   bird's-eye maple, curled maple, varieties of the wood of
      the rock maple, in which a beautiful lustrous grain is
      produced by the sinuous course of the fibers.

   maple honey, maple molasses, maple syrup, or maple
   sirup, maple sap boiled to the consistency of molasses.

   maple sugar, sugar obtained from the sap of the sugar maple
      by evaporation.
      1913 webster
see also:
acer acer saccharinum rock maple sugar maple red maple swamp maple 
acer rubrum silver maple acer dasycarpum striped maple acer pennsylvanium 
moosewood acer campestre sycamore maple acer pseudo-platanus norway maple 
acer platanoides bird's-eye maple curled maple maple honey maple molasses 
maple syrup maple sirup maple sugar 
[2] : The 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"oppr, 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
see also:
swamp blackbird redwing swamp cabbage swamp deer rucervus duvaucelli swamp hen 
porphyrio bellus goollema porzana tabuensis little swamp hen swamp honeysuckle 
azalea viscosa rhododendron viscosa rhododendron viscosum swamp pink white swamp honeysuckle 
swamp hook cant hook swamp itch prairie itch prairie 
swamp laurel kalmia glauca swamp maple maple swamp oak 
quercus palustris quercus bicolor quercus lyrata swamp ore swamp partridge 
synoicus excalfatoria swamp robin swamp sassafras magnolia 
magnolia glauca sweet bay swamp sparrow melospiza georgiana melospiza palustris 
swamp willow pussy willow pussy 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
swamp maple
     n : maple of eastern and central america; 5-lobed leaves scarlet
         and yellow in autumn syn: red maple, scarlet maple,
         acer rubrum
see also:
red maple scarlet maple acer rubrum 

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Maple >> M Words
Maple, definition of term: Maple
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Maple Syrup >> M Words
Maple Syrup, definition of term: Maple Syrup
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Maple Ridge >> M Words
Maple Ridge, definition of term: Maple Ridge
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Sugar Maple >> S Words
Sugar Maple, definition of term: Sugar Maple
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Vine Maple >> V Words
Vine Maple, definition of term: Vine Maple
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Red Maple >> R Words
Red Maple, definition of term: Red Maple
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Japanese Maple >> J Words
Japanese Maple, definition of term: Japanese Maple
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Silver Maple >> S Words
Silver Maple, definition of term: Silver Maple
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