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TAMARISK
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("tamarisk" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("tamarisk" is a member of...):
genus Tamarix; Tamarix (genus of deciduous shrubs or small trees of eastern Mediterranean regions and tropical Asia)
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