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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.
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Fraxinus Americana
(gcide) | 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 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] |
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