noun
genus of deciduous shrubs or small trees of eastern Mediterranean regions and tropical Asia
• Syn: ↑Tamarix
• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Tamaricaceae, ↑family Tamaricaceae, ↑tamarisk family
• Member Meronyms: ↑tamarisk
Useful english dictionary. 2012.