tamarisk

English

Etymology

From Late Latin tamariscus, from Latin tamarix.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtæmərɪsk/
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Noun

tamarisk (plural tamarisks)

  1. Any of several shrubs, of the genus Tamarix, native to arid regions in Eurasia and Africa, often invasive in other arid regions.
    • 1938, Walter Claremartin, Golden Hour of Guchee:
      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.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Late Latin tamariscus, from Latin tamarix.

Noun

tamarisk m (definite singular tamarisken, indefinite plural tamarisker, definite plural tamariskene)

  1. tamarisk (genus Tamarix)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Late Latin tamariscus, from Latin tamarix.

Noun

tamarisk m (definite singular tamarisken, indefinite plural tamariskar, definite plural tamariskane)

  1. tamarisk (genus Tamarix)

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