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Tamarisk  n.  (Bot.) Any shrub or tree of the genus Tamarix, the species of which are European and Asiatic. They have minute scalelike leaves, and small flowers in spikes. An Arabian species (Tamarix mannifera) is the source of one kind of manna.
Tamarisk salt tree, an East Indian tree (Tamarix orientalis) which produces an incrustation of salt.





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"Tamarisk" Quotes from Famous Books



... in the landau with many cushions for my brother, and he mounted into the carriage with more ease than I had expected. I sat beside him, with Raffaelle facing me on the opposite seat. We drove down the hill of Posilipo through the ilex-trees and tamarisk-bushes that then skirted the sea, and so into the town. John spoke little except to remark that the carriage was an easy one. As we were passing through one of the principal streets he bent over to me ...
— The Lost Stradivarius • John Meade Falkner


Words linked to "Tamarisk" :   false tamarisk, tamarisk family, Tamarix, shrub, German tamarisk, genus Tamarix, tamarisk gerbil, bush


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