TAMARISK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tamarisk mean? 

• TAMARISK (noun)
  The noun TAMARISK has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: TAMARISK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAMARISK (noun)

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:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("tamarisk" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches)

Holonyms ("tamarisk" is a member of...):

genus Tamarix; Tamarix (genus of deciduous shrubs or small trees of eastern Mediterranean regions and tropical Asia)