<hw>Swamp-Oak</hw>, <i>n</i>. (1) A broomlike leguminous shrub or small tree, <i>Viminaria denudata</i>, Sm. (also called <i>Swamp-broom</i>). (2) A tree of the genus <i>Casuarina</i>, especially <i>C. paludosa</i>. See <i>Oak</i>.
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 beautiful swamp-oak, a tree of the <i>Casuarina</i> family, with a form and character somewhat intermediate between that of the spruce and that of the Scotch fir, being less formal and Dutch-like than the former, and more graceful than the latter."
1865. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, `History of the Discovery and Exploration of Australia,' vol. i. p. 324:
"A stream, whose winding channel could be traced by the particularly dark verdure of the swamp-oak (<i>Casuarina paludosa</i>) 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: