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Webster 1913 Edition
Tamarisk
Tam′a-risk
,Noun.
[L.
tamariscus
, also tamarix
, tamarice
, Skr. tamāla
, tamālaka
, a tree with a very dark bark; cf. tamas
darkness: cf. F. tamarisc
, tamarix
, tamaris
.] (Bot.)
Any shrub or tree of the genus
Tamarix
, the species of which are European and Asiatic. They have minute scalelike leaves, and small flowers in spikes. An Arabian species (Tamarix mannifera
) is the source of one kind of manna. Tamarisk salt tree
, an East Indian tree (
Tamarix orientalis
) which produces an incrustation of salt.Webster 1828 Edition
Tamarisk
TAM'ARISK
,Noun.
Definition 2024
tamarisk
tamarisk
English
Noun
tamarisk (plural tamarisks)
- Any of several shrubs, of the genus Tamarix, native to arid regions in Eurasia and Africa, often invasive in other arid regions.
Synonyms
Translations
shrub of the genus Tamarix
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin tamariscus
Noun
tamarisk m (definite singular tamarisken, indefinite plural tamarisker, definite plural tamariskene)
References
- “tamarisk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin tamariscus
Noun
tamarisk m (definite singular tamarisken, indefinite plural tamariskar, definite plural tamariskane)
References
- “tamarisk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Etymology
Tamarix aphylla in its natural habitat in Palestine.