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Azalea or Rhododendron 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 usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore. Gray swamps and pools, waste places of the hern. --Tennyson. 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). Swamp blackbird. (Zo["o]l.) See Redwing (b) . Swamp cabbage (Bot.), skunk cabbage. Swamp deer (Zo["o]l.), an Asiatic deer (Rucervus Duvaucelli) of India. Swamp hen. (Zo["o]l.) (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, or Rhododendron, viscosa) growing in swampy places, with fragrant flowers of a white color, or white tinged with rose; -- called also swamp pink. 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 (Q. bicolor), swamp post oak (Q. lyrata). Swamp ore (Min.), bog ore; limonite. Swamp partridge (Zo["o]l.), any one of several Australian game birds of the genera Synoicus and Excalfatoria, allied to the European partridges. Swamp robin (Zo["o]l.), the chewink. Swamp sassafras (Bot.), a small North American tree of the genus Magnolia (M. glauca) with aromatic leaves and fragrant creamy-white blossoms; -- called also sweet bay. Swamp sparrow (Zo["o]l.), a common North American sparrow (Melospiza Georgiana, or M. palustris), closely resembling the song sparrow. It lives in low, swampy places. Swamp willow. (Bot.) See Pussy willow, under Pussy.

Meaning of Azalea or Rhododendron viscosa from wikipedia

- winter through to early summer. Azaleas make up two subgenera of Rhododendron. They are distinguished from "true" rhododendrons by having only five anthers...
- Rhododendron viscosum, the swamp azalea, clammy azalea or swamp honeysuckle, is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae. This deciduous...
- laurel) Pieris floribunda Leucothoe catesbeii Azalea Rosea Azalea Vaseyi Azalea Viscosa Azalea Arborescens Azalea Calendulacea (flame) 12 types of native vines...
- villicarpa S.S.Chien Camellia viridicalyx Hung T.Chang & S.Ye Liang Camellia viscosa Orel & Curry Camellia vuquangensis V.D.Luong, Ninh & L.T.Nguyen Camellia...
- (India Hawthorn, ****do Hawthorn) Rheum rhaponti**** (Rhubarb) Rhododendron (Azalea, Rhododendron) Rhus (Sumac, Lemonade berry) Ribes (Gooseberry, Black, White...
- Labrador-tea Ledum palustre * Rhododendron Rhododendron ponti**** * Yellow azalea Rhododendron luteum * Trailing azalea Loiseleuria pro****bens Bog-laurel...
- Schiedea nuttallii Schiedea perlmanii Schiedea stellarioides Schiedea viscosa Silene alexandri Silene chustupica, Khustup campion Silene cobalticola...
- western azalea; Pacific azalea Ericaceae (heath family) Rhododendron periclymenoides pinxterbloom azalea Ericaceae (heath family) Rhododendron ponti****...
- Shasta Wilderness and surrounding area include Mt. Shasta arnica (Arnica viscosa), Siskiyou Indian paintbrush (Castilleja miniata ssp. elata) and Shasta...