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swamp white oak

noun

  1. an oak, Quercus bicolor, of eastern North America, yielding a hard, heavy wood used in shipbuilding, for making furniture, etc.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of swamp white oak1

An Americanism dating back to 1715–25
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Example Sentences

There are now five trees planted on her lot, including a swamp white oak that has already reached six feet tall.

Each acorn was painted with colored bands to indicate its species: red oak, bur oak, black oak, white oak, swamp white oak, scarlet oak, pin oak, willow oak.

Moving away from red oak, Eutsler and his team of arborists and tree crews now routinely plant the overcup oak, the swamp white oak, the nuttall oak and the shingle oak.

The county aggressively plants trees, including swamp white oak, sycamore, willow oak and black gum.

Among trees, the list includes sycamores, red maples, swamp white oaks and pin oaks.

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