Tamarisk

/ˈtæmərɪsk/

Synonyms for "tamarisk" (7 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)

Strong matches (2)

Noun(1 words)
salt cedar

Related words (3)

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More general

8 entries
bushdescriptive adjectiveintroduced plantinvasive speciesmodifierplantqualifiershrub

More specific

6 entries
Tamarix aphyllaTamarix chinensisTamarix gallicaTamarix ramosissimatamarisk-liketamarix-derived

Collocations

9 entries
salt cedartamarisk controltamarisk habitattamarisk invasiontamarisk leaftamarisk shrubtamarisk standtamarisk vegetationtamarisk windbreak

Inflections

3 entries
more tamariskmost tamarisktamarisks

Derivations

1 entries

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Another example is tamarisk. The shrub was imported from Eurasia and Africa in the mid-1800s to control soil erosion in the American Southwest, but it spread to river systems across the West and up mountainsides, to elevations of 2,000 meters.

Source: tatoeba (7767362)

Not far off a Jewish boy, a mere child, of one of the northern tribes, as shown by his fair hair and blue eyes, sang plaintively a song of the singing of birds and the humming of bees, of the flowers of the North, of rippling streams, of the miraged desert, of the waving of the tamarisk and the scent of roses.

Source: tatoeba (10908513)

He ordered the pack train moved to the right to avoid a possible stampede. Five hundred camels, yaboos and mules, half hid in a valley of tamarisk scrub, were watched by fifty Persian slaves commanded by ten stout Turkomans, of whom Guchee was one.

Source: wiktionary

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