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Tamarisk   /tˈæmərɪsk/   Listen
Tamarisk

noun
1.
Any shrub or small tree of the genus Tamarix having small scalelike or needle-shaped leaves and feathery racemes of small white or pinkish flowers; of mostly coastal areas with saline soil.



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tamarisk family
tamarisk gerbil
German tamarisk
false tamarisk


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"Tamarisk" Quotes from Famous Books



... "A tamarisk that in the garden has drunk no water, Whose crown in the field has brought forth no blossom. A willow that rejoiced not by the watercourse, A willow whose roots were torn up. A herb that in the garden ...
— The Golden Bough - A study of magic and religion • Sir James George Frazer
... now A somewhat loftier task! Not all men love Coppice or lowly tamarisk: sing we woods, Woods worthy of ...
— The Bucolics and Eclogues • Virgil


Words linked to "Tamarisk" :   tamarisk gerbil, genus Tamarix, false tamarisk, bush, German tamarisk, shrub, Tamarix


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