fraxinus excelsior

3 definitions found

fraxinus excelsior - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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  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 - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]