資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Magnolia \Mag*no"li*a\, n. [NL. Named after Pierre Magnol,
professor of botany at Montpellier, France, in the 17th
century.] (Bot.)
A genus of American and Asiatic trees, with aromatic bark and
large sweet-scented whitish or reddish flowers.
Note: {Magnolia grandiflora} has coriaceous shining leaves
and very fragrant blossoms. It is common from North
Carolina to Florida and Texas, and is one of the most
magnificent trees of the American forest. The sweet bay
({M. glauca})is a small tree found sparingly as far
north as Cape Ann. Other American species are {M.
Umbrella}, {M. macrophylla}, {M. Fraseri}, {M.
acuminata}, and {M. cordata}. {M. conspicua} and {M.
purpurea} are cultivated shrubs or trees from Eastern
Asia. {M. Campbellii}, of India, has rose-colored or
crimson flowers.
{Magnolia warbler} (Zo["o]l.), a beautiful North American
wood warbler ({Dendroica maculosa}). The rump and under
parts are bright yellow; the breast and belly are spotted
with black; the under tail coverts are white; the crown is
ash.
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}.