swamp white oak

American  

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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Etymology

Origin of swamp white oak

An Americanism dating back to 1715–25

Example Sentences

The treed “Woodland Garden” to the west, with black tupelo and swamp white oaks, gives way to a “Perennial Meadow,” whose asters, purple beebalms and orange butterfly weed were chosen for their chromatic effect.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From Washington Times

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.

From New York Times

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.

From Washington Post

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

From Washington Post