Lexic.us

Definition of Swamp laurel

1. Noun. Laurel of bogs of northwestern United States having small purple flowers and pale leaves that are glaucous beneath.

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Swamp Laurel

swamp buggy swamp candleberry swamp candles swamp chestnut oak swamp cooler swamp cottonwood swamp cypress swamp dewberry swamp fever swamp fly honeysuckle

swamp gum swamp hare swamp hickory swamp honeysuckle swamp horsetail swamp laurel (current term) swamp lily swamp locust swamp mallow swamp maple

swamp milkweed swamp oak swamp pine swamp pines swamp plant swamp poplar swamp rabbit swamp red oak swamp rose mallow swamp sparrow

Literary usage of Swamp laurel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Forester's Manual: Or, The Forest Trees of Eastern North America by Ernest Thompson Seton (1912)
"BAY, swamp laurel. ... LAUREL MAGNOLIA, WHITE BAY, swamp laurel, SWAMP SASSAFRAS OR BEAVER TREE. (Magnolia virginiana) A small tree 15 to 70 feet high, ..."

2. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science ... with French and Other by Robley Dunglison (1860)
"... and a decoction of it has been used for the itch. The powder, mixed with lard, lias been applied in herpes. KALMIA GLAUCA, swamp laurel, Pair Laurel. ..."

3. The Book of Woodcraft and Indian Lore by Ernest Thompson Seton (1921)
"SWEET BAY, SWEET BAY, LAUREL MAGNOLIA, WHITE BAY, swamp laurel, SWAMP SASSAFRAS OR BEAVER TREE. (Magnolia virginiana) A small tree 15 to 70 feet high, ..."

4. Wild Flowers of the North American Mountains by Julia Wilmotte Henderson Henshaw (1915)
"If you flip the outer edge of the swamp laurel gently with your finger, ... The swamp laurel, as its common name implies, grows in marshy ground. ..."

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