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Tamarix

noun

genus of deciduous shrubs or small trees of eastern Mediterranean regions and tropical Asia

• Syn: ↑genus Tamarix

• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Tamaricaceae, ↑family Tamaricaceae, ↑tamarisk family

• Member Meronyms: ↑tamarisk

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\\ˈtamə(ˌ)riks\ noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, tamarisk

1. capitalized : a large genus (the type of the family Tamaricaceae) of shrubs or small trees that are natives of the eastern Mediterranean region and tropical Asia and have minute scalelike leaves and feathery racemes of small white or pinkish flowers with free stamens and 3 to 4 styles

2. -es : any shrub or tree of the genus Tamarix

Useful english dictionary. 2012.