Množina: swamps

ETYM Cf. as. swam a fungus, od. swam a sponge, Dutch zwam a fungus, German schwamm a sponge, Icel. svöppr, Dan. and Swed. swamp, Goth. swamms, Greek somphos porous, spongy.
1. A situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables.
2. Low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog.
Region of low-lying land that is permanently saturated with water and usually overgrown with vegetation; for example, the everglades of Florida, US. A swamp often occurs where a lake has filled up with sediment and plant material. The flat surface so formed means that runoff is slow, and the water table is always close to the surface. The high humus content of swamp soil means that good agricultural soil can be obtained by draining.

To drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged; SYN. drench.

Množina: swamp ashes

Small ash of swampy areas of southeastern United States; SYN. Fraxinus caroliniana.

Množina: swamp azaleas

Shrub growing in swamps throughout the eastern United States and having small white to pinkish honeysucklelike flowers; SYN. swamp honeysuckle, white honeysuckle, Rhododendron viscosum.

Množina: swamp bays

Shrub or small tree having rather small fragrant white flowers; abundant in southeastern United States

Množina: swamp birches

Birch of western United States resembling the paper birch but having brownish bark; SYN. water birch, mountain birch, Western paper birch, Western birch, Betula fontinalis.

Množina: swamp blackberries

Rubus hispidus, swamp dewberry

Množina: swamp blueberries

High-growing deciduous shrub of eastern North America bearing edible blueish to blackish berries with a distinct bloom; source of most cultivated blueberries

Množina: swamp buggies

An amphibious vehicle typically having four-wheel drive and a raised body; SYN. marsh buggy.
A vehicle designed to travel over swampy terrain; especially; a four-wheel motor vehicle with oversize tires.

Množina: swamp candleberries

Deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries

Množina: swamp candles

North American plant with spikes of yellow flowers, found in wet places; SYN. Lysimachia terrestris.

Množina: swamp chestnut oaks

Medium to large deciduous tree of moist areas of southeastern United States similar to the basket oak; SYN. Quercus michauxii.

Množina: swamp cottonwoods

North American poplar with large rounded scalloped leaves and brownish bark and wood; SYN. black cottonwood, downy poplar, swamp poplar, Populus heterophylla.

Množina: swamp cypresses

Common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms

Množina: swamp dewberries

Of eastern North America; SYN. swamp blackberry, Rubus hispidus.