WHITE ASH

Pronunciation (US):

• WHITE ASH (noun)
  The noun WHITE ASH has 2 senses:

1. small to medium-sized tree of Australia and Tasmania having smooth white to light-grey bark shedding in patches or strips
2. spreading American ash with leaves pale green or silvery beneath and having hard brownish wood

  Familiarity information: WHITE ASH used as a noun is rare.

• WHITE ASH (noun)

Meaning:

Small to medium-sized tree of Australia and Tasmania having smooth white to light-grey bark shedding in patches or strips

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Eucalyptus coriacea; Eucalyptus pauciflora; ghost gum; snow gum; white ash

Hypernyms ("white ash" is a kind of...):

eucalypt; eucalyptus; eucalyptus tree (a tree of the genus Eucalyptus)

Meaning:

Spreading American ash with leaves pale green or silvery beneath and having hard brownish wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Fraxinus Americana; white ash

Hypernyms ("white ash" is a kind of...):

ash; ash tree (any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus)