tamarisk

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tamarisk - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tamarisk \Tam"a*risk\, n. [L. tamariscus, also tamarix,
     tamarice, Skr. tam[=a]la, tam[=a]laka, 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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Tamarisk salt tree, an East Indian tree (Tamarix  orientalis
        ) which produces an incrustation of salt.
        [1913 Webster]

tamarisk - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  tamarisk
      n 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

tamarisk - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Tamarisk
  Heb. 'eshel (Gen. 21:33; 1 Sam. 22:6; 31:13, in the R.V.; but in
  A.V., "grove," "tree"); Arab. asal. Seven species of this tree
  are found in Palestine. It is a "very graceful tree, with long
  feathery branches and tufts closely clad with the minutest of
  leaves, and surmounted in spring with spikes of beautiful pink
  blosoms, which seem to envelop the whole tree in one gauzy sheet
  of colour" (Tristram's Nat. Hist.).