swamp thistle (swompthis"l)

See thistle. swamp-warbler (swomp'wâr"blėr), n. One of several small sylvicoline birds of the United States, inhabiting shrubbery and tangle in swampy places, as the prothonotary warbler, Pro to not aria citrea, the worm-eating warbler, Helm int her us vermivorus, and some related species, formerly all referred to Audubon's genus Helinaia (or Helonæa ), the type of which is Swains on's warbler, H. swains on i. See cuts under prothonotary and Helm int hop hag a. swamp weed (swomp'wed), n. A prostrate or creeping perennial herb, Selliera radicans, of the Goodeniaceæ, found in Australia: more fully called Victorian swamp weed.