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Definition: bog asphodel
bog asphodel
n : either of two herbaceous rushlike bog plants having small
yellow flowers and grasslike leaves; north temperate
regions
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Definition: bog asphodel
Marsh
\Marsh\, n. [OE. mersch, AS. mersc, fr. mere lake. See
Mere pool, and cf.
Marish,
Morass.]
A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or
wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass. [Written also
marish.]
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Marsh asphodel (Bot.), a plant (
Nartheeium ossifragum)
with linear equitant leaves, and a raceme of small white
flowers; -- called also
bog asphodel.
Marsh cinquefoil (Bot.), a plant (
Potentilla palustris)
having purple flowers, and found growing in marshy places;
marsh five-finger.
Marsh elder. (Bot.)
(a) The guelder-rose or cranberry tree (
Viburnum Opulus).
(b) In the United States, a composite shrub growing in salt
marshes (
Iva frutescens).
Marsh five-finger. (Bot.) See
Marsh cinquefoil (above).
Marsh gas. (Chem.) See under
Gas.
Marsh grass (Bot.), a genus (
Spartina) of coarse grasses
growing in marshes; -- called also
cord grass. The tall
Spartina cynosuroides is not good for hay unless cut
very young. The low
Spartina juncea is a common
component of salt hay.
Marsh harrier (Zo["o]l.), a European hawk or harrier
(
Circus [ae]ruginosus); -- called also
marsh hawk,
moor hawk,
moor buzzard,
puttock.
Marsh hawk. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A hawk or harrier (
Circus cyaneus), native of both
America and Europe. The adults are bluish slate above,
with a white rump. Called also
hen harrier, and
mouse hawk
.
(b) The marsh harrier.
Marsh hen (Zo["o]l.), a rail; esp.,
Rallus elegans of
fresh-water marshes, and
Rallus longirostris of
salt-water marshes.
Marsh mallow (Bot.), a plant of the genus
Alth[ae]a (
Alth[ae]a officinalis) common in marshes near the
seashore, and whose root is much used in medicine as a
demulcent.
Marsh marigold. (Bot.) See in the Vocabulary.
Marsh pennywort (Bot.), any plant of the umbelliferous
genus
Hydrocotyle; low herbs with roundish leaves,
growing in wet places; -- called also
water pennywort.
Marsh quail (Zo["o]l.), the meadow lark.
Marsh rosemary (Bot.), a plant of the genus
Statice
(
Statice Limonium), common in salt marshes. Its root is
powerfully astringent, and is sometimes used in medicine.
Called also
sea lavender.
Marsh samphire (Bot.), a plant (
Salicornia herbacea)
found along seacoasts. See
Glasswort.
Marsh St. John's-wort (Bot.), an American herb (
Elodes Virginica
) with small opposite leaves and flesh-colored
flowers.
Marsh tea. (Bot.). Same as
Labrador tea.
Marsh trefoil. (Bot.) Same as
Buckbean.
Marsh wren (Zo["o]l.), any species of small American wrens
of the genus
Cistothorus, and allied genera. They
chiefly inhabit salt marshes.
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