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Fraxinus
(gcide) | Fraxinus \Frax"i*nus\, prop. n. [L., the ash tree.] (Bot.)
A genus of deciduous forest trees, found in the north
temperate zone, and including the true ash trees.
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Note: Fraxinus excelsior is the European ash; {Fraxinus
Americana}, the white ash; Fraxinus sambucifolia, the
black ash or water ash.
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fraxinus
(wn) | Fraxinus
n 1: ash [syn: Fraxinus, genus Fraxinus] |
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Fraxinus Americana
(gcide) | Fraxinus \Frax"i*nus\, prop. n. [L., the ash tree.] (Bot.)
A genus of deciduous forest trees, found in the north
temperate zone, and including the true ash trees.
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Note: Fraxinus excelsior is the European ash; {Fraxinus
Americana}, the white ash; Fraxinus sambucifolia, the
black ash or water ash.
[1913 Webster]Ash \Ash\ ([a^]sh), n. [OE. asch, esh, AS. [ae]sc; akin to OHG.
asc, Sw. & Dan. ask, Icel. askr, D. esch, G. esche.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of trees of the Olive family, having
opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing
valuable timber, as the European ash ({Fraxinus
excelsior}) and the white ash (Fraxinus Americana).
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Prickly ash (Zanthoxylum Americanum) and Poison ash
(Rhus venenata) are shrubs of different families,
somewhat resembling the true ashes in their foliage.
Mountain ash. See Roman tree, and under Mountain.
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2. The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree.
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Note: Ash is used adjectively, or as the first part of a
compound term; as, ash bud, ash wood, ash tree, etc.
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Fraxinus excelsior
(gcide) | Fraxinus \Frax"i*nus\, prop. n. [L., the ash tree.] (Bot.)
A genus of deciduous forest trees, found in the north
temperate zone, and including the true ash trees.
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Note: Fraxinus excelsior is the European ash; {Fraxinus
Americana}, the white ash; Fraxinus sambucifolia, the
black ash or water ash.
[1913 Webster]Ash \Ash\ ([a^]sh), n. [OE. asch, esh, AS. [ae]sc; akin to OHG.
asc, Sw. & Dan. ask, Icel. askr, D. esch, G. esche.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of trees of the Olive family, having
opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing
valuable timber, as the European ash ({Fraxinus
excelsior}) and the white ash (Fraxinus Americana).
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Prickly ash (Zanthoxylum Americanum) and Poison ash
(Rhus venenata) are shrubs of different families,
somewhat resembling the true ashes in their foliage.
Mountain ash. See Roman tree, and under Mountain.
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2. The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree.
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Note: Ash is used adjectively, or as the first part of a
compound term; as, ash bud, ash wood, ash tree, etc.
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Fraxinus Ornus
(gcide) | Manna \Man"na\ (m[a^]n"n[.a]), n. [L., fr. Gr. ma`nna, Heb.
m[=a]n; cf. Ar. mann, properly, gift (of heaven).]
1. (Script.) The food supplied to the Israelites in their
journey through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely
supplied food. --Ex. xvi. 15.
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2. (Bot.) A name given to lichens of the genus Lecanora,
sometimes blown into heaps in the deserts of Arabia and
Africa, and gathered and used as food; called also {manna
lichen}.
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3. (Bot. & Med.) A sweetish exudation in the form of pale
yellow friable flakes, coming from several trees and
shrubs and used in medicine as a gentle laxative, as the
secretion of Fraxinus Ornus, and {Fraxinus
rotundifolia}, the manna ashes of Southern Europe.
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Note: Persian manna is the secretion of the camel's thorn
(see Camel's thorn, under Camel); Tamarisk manna,
that of the Tamarisk mannifera, a shrub of Western
Asia; Australian, manna, that of certain species of
eucalyptus; Brian[,c]on manna, that of the European
larch.
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Manna insect (Zool), a scale insect ({Gossyparia
mannipara}), which causes the exudation of manna from the
Tamarix tree in Arabia.
[1913 Webster]manna ash \manna ash\ n. (Bot.),
A South Mediterranean ash (Fraxinus ornus) having fragrant
white flowers in dense panicles and yielding manna.
Syn: flowering ash, Fraxinus ornus.
[WordNet 1.5]mannitol \man"ni*tol\, n. [Mannite + -ol.]
1. (Chem.) A white crystalline hexose
(HO.CH2.(CHOH)4.CH2.OH) of a sweet taste obtained from a
so-called manna, the dried sap of the flowering ash
(Fraxinus ornus); -- called also mannite, and {hydroxy
hexane}. Cf. Dulcite. It is used in pharmacy as
excipient and diluent for solids and liquids. It is also
used as a food additive for anti-caking properties, or as
a sweetener, and, illegally, to "cut" (dilute) illegal
drugs such as cocaine or heroin.
Syn: D-mannitol; manna sugar; cordycepic acid; Diosmol;
Mannicol; Mannidex; Osmiktrol; Osmosal.
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Fraxinus ornus
(gcide) | Manna \Man"na\ (m[a^]n"n[.a]), n. [L., fr. Gr. ma`nna, Heb.
m[=a]n; cf. Ar. mann, properly, gift (of heaven).]
1. (Script.) The food supplied to the Israelites in their
journey through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely
supplied food. --Ex. xvi. 15.
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2. (Bot.) A name given to lichens of the genus Lecanora,
sometimes blown into heaps in the deserts of Arabia and
Africa, and gathered and used as food; called also {manna
lichen}.
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3. (Bot. & Med.) A sweetish exudation in the form of pale
yellow friable flakes, coming from several trees and
shrubs and used in medicine as a gentle laxative, as the
secretion of Fraxinus Ornus, and {Fraxinus
rotundifolia}, the manna ashes of Southern Europe.
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Note: Persian manna is the secretion of the camel's thorn
(see Camel's thorn, under Camel); Tamarisk manna,
that of the Tamarisk mannifera, a shrub of Western
Asia; Australian, manna, that of certain species of
eucalyptus; Brian[,c]on manna, that of the European
larch.
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Manna insect (Zool), a scale insect ({Gossyparia
mannipara}), which causes the exudation of manna from the
Tamarix tree in Arabia.
[1913 Webster]manna ash \manna ash\ n. (Bot.),
A South Mediterranean ash (Fraxinus ornus) having fragrant
white flowers in dense panicles and yielding manna.
Syn: flowering ash, Fraxinus ornus.
[WordNet 1.5]mannitol \man"ni*tol\, n. [Mannite + -ol.]
1. (Chem.) A white crystalline hexose
(HO.CH2.(CHOH)4.CH2.OH) of a sweet taste obtained from a
so-called manna, the dried sap of the flowering ash
(Fraxinus ornus); -- called also mannite, and {hydroxy
hexane}. Cf. Dulcite. It is used in pharmacy as
excipient and diluent for solids and liquids. It is also
used as a food additive for anti-caking properties, or as
a sweetener, and, illegally, to "cut" (dilute) illegal
drugs such as cocaine or heroin.
Syn: D-mannitol; manna sugar; cordycepic acid; Diosmol;
Mannicol; Mannidex; Osmiktrol; Osmosal.
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Fraxinus pubescens
(gcide) | Red \Red\, a. [Compar. Redder (-d?r); superl. Reddest.] [OE.
red, reed, AS. re['a]d, re['o]d; akin to OS. r[=o]d, OFries.
r[=a]d, D. rood, G. roht, rot, OHG. r[=o]t, Dan. & Sw.
r["o]d, Icel. rau[eth]r, rj[=o][eth]r, Goth. r['a]uds, W.
rhudd, Armor. ruz, Ir. & Gael. ruadh, L. ruber, rufus, Gr.
'eryqro`s, Skr. rudhira, rohita; cf. L. rutilus. [root]113.
Cf. Erysipelas, Rouge, Rubric, Ruby, Ruddy,
Russet, Rust.]
Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of
the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar
spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part. "Fresh
flowers, white and reede." --Chaucer.
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Your color, I warrant you, is as red as any rose.
--Shak.
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Note: Red is a general term, including many different shades
or hues, as scarlet, crimson, vermilion, orange red,
and the like.
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Note: Red is often used in the formation of self-explaining
compounds; as, red-breasted, red-cheeked, red-faced,
red-haired, red-headed, red-skinned, red-tailed,
red-topped, red-whiskered, red-coasted.
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Red admiral (Zool.), a beautiful butterfly ({Vanessa
Atalanta}) common in both Europe and America. The front
wings are crossed by a broad orange red band. The larva
feeds on nettles. Called also Atalanta butterfly, and
nettle butterfly.
Red ant. (Zool.)
(a) A very small ant (Myrmica molesta) which often infests
houses.
(b) A larger reddish ant (Formica sanguinea), native of
Europe and America. It is one of the slave-making
species.
Red antimony (Min.), kermesite. See Kermes mineral
(b), under Kermes.
Red ash (Bot.), an American tree (Fraxinus pubescens),
smaller than the white ash, and less valuable for timber.
--Cray.
Red bass. (Zool.) See Redfish
(d) .
Red bay (Bot.), a tree (Persea Caroliniensis) having the
heartwood red, found in swamps in the Southern United
States.
Red beard (Zool.), a bright red sponge ({Microciona
prolifera}), common on oyster shells and stones. [Local,
U.S.]
Red birch (Bot.), a species of birch (Betula nigra)
having reddish brown bark, and compact, light-colored
wood. --Gray.
Red blindness. (Med.) See Daltonism.
Red book, a book containing the names of all the persons in
the service of the state. [Eng.]
Red book of the Exchequer, an ancient record in which are
registered the names of all that held lands per baroniam
in the time of Henry II. --Brande & C.
Red brass, an alloy containing eight parts of copper and
three of zinc.
Red bug. (Zool.)
(a) A very small mite which in Florida attacks man, and
produces great irritation by its bites.
(b) A red hemipterous insect of the genus Pyrrhocoris,
especially the European species (Pyrrhocoris apterus),
which is bright scarlet and lives in clusters on tree
trunks.
(c) See Cotton stainder, under Cotton.
Red cedar. (Bot.) An evergreen North American tree
(Juniperus Virginiana) having a fragrant red-colored
heartwood.
(b) A tree of India and Australia (Cedrela Toona) having
fragrant reddish wood; -- called also toon tree in
India.
Red horse. (Zool.)
(a) Any large American red fresh-water sucker, especially
Moxostoma macrolepidotum and allied species.
(b) See the Note under Drumfish.
Red lead.
(Chem) See under Lead, and Minium.
Red-lead ore. (Min.) Same as Crocoite.
Red liquor (Dyeing), a solution consisting essentially of
aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in the fixation of
dyestuffs on vegetable fiber; -- so called because used
originally for red dyestuffs. Called also red mordant.
Red maggot (Zool.), the larva of the wheat midge.
Red manganese. (Min.) Same as Rhodochrosite.
Red man, one of the American Indians; -- so called from his
color.
Red maple (Bot.), a species of maple (Acer rubrum). See
Maple.
Red mite. (Zool.) See Red spider, below.
Red mulberry (Bot.), an American mulberry of a dark purple
color (Morus rubra).
Red mullet (Zool.), the surmullet. See Mullet.
Red ocher (Min.), a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a
reddish color.
Red perch (Zool.), the rosefish.
Red phosphorus. (Chem.) See under Phosphorus.
Red pine (Bot.), an American species of pine ({Pinus
resinosa}); -- so named from its reddish bark.
Red precipitate. See under Precipitate.
Red Republican (European Politics), originally, one who
maintained extreme republican doctrines in France, --
because a red liberty cap was the badge of the party; an
extreme radical in social reform. [Cant]
Red ribbon, the ribbon of the Order of the Bath in England.
Red sanders. (Bot.) See Sanders.
Red sandstone. (Geol.) See under Sandstone.
Red scale (Zool.), a scale insect (Aspidiotus aurantii)
very injurious to the orange tree in California and
Australia.
Red silver (Min.), an ore of silver, of a ruby-red or
reddish black color. It includes proustite, or light red
silver, and pyrargyrite, or dark red silver.
Red snapper (Zool.), a large fish (Lutjanus aya syn.
Lutjanus Blackfordii) abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and
about the Florida reefs.
Red snow, snow colored by a mocroscopic unicellular alga
(Protococcus nivalis) which produces large patches of
scarlet on the snows of arctic or mountainous regions.
Red softening (Med.) a form of cerebral softening in which
the affected parts are red, -- a condition due either to
infarction or inflammation.
Red spider (Zool.), a very small web-spinning mite
(Tetranychus telarius) which infests, and often
destroys, plants of various kinds, especially those
cultivated in houses and conservatories. It feeds mostly
on the under side of the leaves, and causes them to turn
yellow and die. The adult insects are usually pale red.
Called also red mite.
Red squirrel (Zool.), the chickaree.
Red tape,
(a) the tape used in public offices for tying up documents,
etc. Hence,
(b) official formality and delay; excessive bureaucratic
paperwork.
Red underwing (Zool.), any species of noctuid moths
belonging to Catacola and allied genera. The numerous
species are mostly large and handsomely colored. The under
wings are commonly banded with bright red or orange.
Red water, a disease in cattle, so called from an
appearance like blood in the urine.
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Fraxinus rotundifolia
(gcide) | Manna \Man"na\ (m[a^]n"n[.a]), n. [L., fr. Gr. ma`nna, Heb.
m[=a]n; cf. Ar. mann, properly, gift (of heaven).]
1. (Script.) The food supplied to the Israelites in their
journey through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely
supplied food. --Ex. xvi. 15.
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2. (Bot.) A name given to lichens of the genus Lecanora,
sometimes blown into heaps in the deserts of Arabia and
Africa, and gathered and used as food; called also {manna
lichen}.
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3. (Bot. & Med.) A sweetish exudation in the form of pale
yellow friable flakes, coming from several trees and
shrubs and used in medicine as a gentle laxative, as the
secretion of Fraxinus Ornus, and {Fraxinus
rotundifolia}, the manna ashes of Southern Europe.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Persian manna is the secretion of the camel's thorn
(see Camel's thorn, under Camel); Tamarisk manna,
that of the Tamarisk mannifera, a shrub of Western
Asia; Australian, manna, that of certain species of
eucalyptus; Brian[,c]on manna, that of the European
larch.
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Manna insect (Zool), a scale insect ({Gossyparia
mannipara}), which causes the exudation of manna from the
Tamarix tree in Arabia.
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Fraxinus sambucifolia
(gcide) | Fraxinus \Frax"i*nus\, prop. n. [L., the ash tree.] (Bot.)
A genus of deciduous forest trees, found in the north
temperate zone, and including the true ash trees.
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Note: Fraxinus excelsior is the European ash; {Fraxinus
Americana}, the white ash; Fraxinus sambucifolia, the
black ash or water ash.
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fraxinus
(wn) | Fraxinus
n 1: ash [syn: Fraxinus, genus Fraxinus] |
fraxinus americana
(wn) | Fraxinus Americana
n 1: spreading American ash with leaves pale green or silvery
beneath and having hard brownish wood [syn: white ash,
Fraxinus Americana] |
fraxinus caroliniana
(wn) | Fraxinus caroliniana
n 1: small ash of swampy areas of southeastern United States
[syn: swamp ash, Fraxinus caroliniana] |
fraxinus cuspidata
(wn) | Fraxinus cuspidata
n 1: shrubby ash of southwestern United States having fragrant
white flowers [syn: flowering ash, Fraxinus cuspidata] |
fraxinus dipetala
(wn) | Fraxinus dipetala
n 1: shrubby California ash with showy off-white flowers [syn:
flowering ash, Fraxinus dipetala] |
fraxinus excelsior
(wn) | Fraxinus excelsior
n 1: tall ash of Europe to the Caucasus having leaves shiny
dark-green above and pale downy beneath [syn: {European
ash}, common European ash, Fraxinus excelsior] |
fraxinus latifolia
(wn) | Fraxinus latifolia
n 1: timber tree of western North America yielding hard light
wood; closely related to the red ash [syn: Oregon ash,
Fraxinus latifolia, Fraxinus oregona] |
fraxinus nigra
(wn) | Fraxinus nigra
n 1: vigorous spreading North American tree having dark brown
heavy wood; leaves turn gold in autumn [syn: black ash,
basket ash, brown ash, hoop ash, Fraxinus nigra] |
fraxinus oregona
(wn) | Fraxinus oregona
n 1: timber tree of western North America yielding hard light
wood; closely related to the red ash [syn: Oregon ash,
Fraxinus latifolia, Fraxinus oregona] |
fraxinus ornus
(wn) | Fraxinus ornus
n 1: southern Mediterranean ash having fragrant white flowers in
dense panicles and yielding manna [syn: manna ash,
flowering ash, Fraxinus ornus] |
fraxinus pennsylvanica
(wn) | Fraxinus pennsylvanica
n 1: smallish American tree with velvety branchlets and lower
leaf surfaces [syn: red ash, downy ash, {Fraxinus
pennsylvanica}] |
fraxinus pennsylvanica subintegerrima
(wn) | Fraxinus pennsylvanica subintegerrima
n 1: a variety of red ash having glossy branchlets and lower
leaf surfaces [syn: green ash, {Fraxinus pennsylvanica
subintegerrima}] |
fraxinus quadrangulata
(wn) | Fraxinus quadrangulata
n 1: ash of central and southern United States with bluish-green
foliage and hard brown wood [syn: blue ash, {Fraxinus
quadrangulata}] |
fraxinus texensis
(wn) | Fraxinus texensis
n 1: low-growing ash of Texas [syn: mountain ash, {Fraxinus
texensis}] |
fraxinus tomentosa
(wn) | Fraxinus tomentosa
n 1: timber tree of central and southeastern United States
having hairy branchlets and a swollen trunk base [syn:
pumpkin ash, Fraxinus tomentosa] |
fraxinus velutina
(wn) | Fraxinus velutina
n 1: small shrubby ash of southwestern United States and
northwestern Mexico [syn: Arizona ash, {Fraxinus
velutina}] |
genus fraxinus
(wn) | genus Fraxinus
n 1: ash [syn: Fraxinus, genus Fraxinus] |
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