Tamarix

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    tamarisk

    "This tamarix combines delightfully when in bloom with the Russian olive. There is an artistic group nearby, where a crabtree and a Russian olive stand on a hilltop with blue sky for a background, behind a tamarix in full bloom of delicate pink and feathery gray green."

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genus tamarix

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"This tamarix combines delightfully when in bloom with the Russian olive. There is an artistic group nearby, where a crabtree and a Russian olive stand on a hilltop with blue sky for a background, behind a tamarix in full bloom of delicate pink and feathery gray green."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin tamarix. Doublet of tamarisk.

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