tamarix mannifera

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tamarix mannifera - 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.
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     Tamarisk salt tree, an East Indian tree (Tamarix  orientalis
        ) which produces an incrustation of salt.
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