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Definition of Kalmia glauca

Kalmia glauca
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 Kalmia glauca from wikipedia

- Kalmia polifolia, previously known as Kalmia glauca and commonly called bog laurel, swamp laurel, or pale laurel, is a perennial evergreen shrub of cold...
- McCown (1981). "Commercially-feasible micropropagation of mountain laurel, Kalmia latifolia, by use of shoot-tip culture". Combined Proceedings, International...
- leatherleaves (Chamaedaphne spp.), sweetgales (Myrica spp.), and laurels (Kalmia spp.). In marshes of northwestern Iowa, broadleaf arrowhead (Sagittaria...
- Common persimmon, Diospyros virginiana Ericaceae Whitewicky, Kalmia cuneata Mountain laurel, Kalmia latifolia Indian pipe, Monotropa uniflora Sourwood, Oxydendrum...
- and shrubs Erica arborea tree heath Ericaceae (heath family) Kalmia: kalmia shrubs Kalmia latifolia mountain laurel Ericaceae (heath family) Lyonia: lyonia...
- chinensis, J. communis, J. pro****bens, J. rigida, J. squamata, J. virginiana Kalmia latifolia Kerria ****onica Koelreuteria paniculata Larix decidua, L. gmelini...
- (Andromeda polifolia), Labrador tea (Ledum groenlandi****), bog laurel (Kalmia polifolia), and American cranberry bushes (Vaccinium macrocarpon). Throughout...
- cinerea, bell heather Gaultheria hispidula ****lussacia bigeloviana Kalmia microphylla Kalmia polifolia Ledum palustre Rhododendron ferrugineum, alpine rose...
- giganteum, redwood/big tree; Sequoia sempervirens "Glauca", blue form of coastal redwood (2 in paddock); Kalmia latifolia, calico bush (several); Cornus Florida...
- synonymy include Bruckenthalia with Erica, Leiophyllum and Loiseleuria with Kalmia, and Diplarche and Menziesia with Rhododendron. As unnecessary renamings...