swamp-oak

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


1) A broomlike leguminous shrubor small tree, Viminaria denudata, Sm. (also called Swamp-broom).

2) A tree of the genus Casuarina,especially C. paludosa. See Oak.

1833. C. Sturt, I Southern Australia,'vol. i. c. i. p. 53:

«Light brushes of swamp-oak, cypress, box and acacia pendula.»

1847. J. D. Lang, `Phillipsland,' p. 257:

«Its banks (Murrumbidgee) are fringed with the beautifulswamp-oak, a tree of the Casuarina family, with a formand character somewhat intermediate between that of the spruceand that of the Scotch fir, being less formal and Dutch-likethan the former, and more graceful than the latter.»

1865. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, `History of the Discovery andExploration of Australia,' vol. i. p. 324:

«A stream, whose winding channel could be traced by theparticularly dark verdure of the swamp-oak ( Casuarinapaludosa) on its banks.»

1866. Miss Parkes, `Poems,' p. 40:

«Your voice came to me, soft and distant seeming,

As comes the murmur of the swamp-oak's tone.»

1870. F. S. Wilson, `Australian Songs,' p. 100:

«Softly the swamp-oak

Muttered its sorrows to her and to me.»

1883. C. Harpur, `Poems,' p. 47:

«Befringed with upward tapering feathery swamp-oaks.»

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

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