Any kind of oak growing in a swamp. See PIN-OAK.
1854.
| With some saved relics of her wealth of leaves; | |
| The swamp-oak, with his royal purple on, | |
| Glares red as blood across the sinking sun, | |
| As one who proudlier to a falling fortune cleaves. | |
Lowell, ‘Indian-Summer Reverie.’ |
