Goollema

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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           Gray swamps and pools, waste places of the hern.
                                                    --Tennyson.
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           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).
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     {Swamp blackbird}. (Zool.) See {Redwing}
     (b) .
  
     {Swamp cabbage} (Bot.), skunk cabbage.
  
     {Swamp deer} (Zool.), an Asiatic deer ({Rucervus Duvaucelli})
        of India.
  
     {Swamp hen}. (Zool.)
     (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
        viscosa} syn. {Rhododendron viscosa} or {Rhododendron
        viscosum}) growing in swampy places, with fragrant flowers
        of a white color, or white tinged with rose; -- called
        also {swamp pink} and {white swamp honeysuckle}.
  
     {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 ({Quercus
        bicolor}), swamp post oak ({Quercus lyrata}).
  
     {Swamp ore} (Min.), bog ore; limonite.
  
     {Swamp partridge} (Zool.), any one of several Australian game
        birds of the genera {Synoicus} and {Excalfatoria}, allied
        to the European partridges.
  
     {Swamp robin} (Zool.), the chewink.
  
     {Swamp sassafras} (Bot.), a small North American tree of the
        genus {Magnolia} ({Magnolia glauca}) with aromatic leaves
        and fragrant creamy-white blossoms; -- called also {sweet
        bay}.
  
     {Swamp sparrow} (Zool.), a common North American sparrow
        ({Melospiza Georgiana}, or {Melospiza palustris}), closely
        resembling the song sparrow. It lives in low, swampy
        places.
  
     {Swamp willow}. (Bot.) See {Pussy willow}, under {Pussy}.
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