Definition of Swamp ash

1. Noun. Small ash of swampy areas of southeastern United States.

Exact synonyms: Fraxinus Caroliniana
Generic synonyms: Ash, Ash Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Swamp Ash

swalloweth
swallowfish
swallowing
swallows
swallowtail
swallowtails
swallowwort
swallowworts
swaly
swam
swamboite
swami
swamies
swamis
swamp
swamp ash (current term)
swamp azalea
swamp bay
swamp beggar-ticks
swamp birch
swamp blackberry
swamp blueberry
swamp buggy
swamp candleberry
swamp candles
swamp chestnut oak
swamp cooler
swamp cottonwood
swamp cypress
swamp dewberry

Literary usage of Swamp ash

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

1. Botany of the United States North of Virginia: Comprising Descriptions of by Lewis Caleb Beck (1848)
"Can. to Car. May.—Said to be a small tree, but there is still come doubt in regard to its being a distinct species. swamp ash. *** Flowers ..."

2. Pamphlets on Forestry in North Carolina (1894)
"Of the six native species, however, only four are to be particularly recommended: Green ash, deep swamp ash, white and Biltmore ashes. ..."

3. Transactions of the Annual Meeting by Ohio State Medical Society (1863)
"The swamp ash or Fraxinus ... and Observer" for April, 1864, Dr. Denny, of Albion, Indiana, reports an experience of ten years in the use of the swamp ash. ..."

4. Florida Trails as Seen from Jacksonville to Key West and from November to by Winthrop Packard (1910)
"... may cut one from the soft, white growth of swamp ash. This is better. But the swamp ash seems to have a poor ..."

5. The Cincinnati Lancet & Observer by John A. Murphy, E. B. Stevens, George Mendenhall (1864)
"... Dr Denny of Albion, Indiana, reports an experience of ten years in the use of the swamp ash He administers the remedy in the form of a syrupy decoction ..."

6. School Management by Alfred Holbrook (1871)
"Sure enough, I found the wood, a jag of swamp-ash saplings. I tried an hour to get a fire started, but in vain. Still shivering with the children, ..."

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