Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun swamp_oak

3 senses of swamp oak

Sense 1
swamp oak, Viminaria juncea, Viminaria denudata -- (Australian leafless shrub resembling broom and having small yellow flowers)
       => shrub, bush -- (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Sense 2
pin oak, swamp oak, Quercus palustris -- (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)
       => oak, oak tree -- (a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves; "great oaks grow from little acorns")

Sense 3
swamp white oak, swamp oak, Quercus bicolor -- (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)
       => 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)