01 n. A genus of trees of the Olive family, having opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing valuable timber, as the European ash (…
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A genus of trees of the Olive family, having opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing valuable timber, as the European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and the white ash (Fraxinus Americana).(Bot.)
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The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree.
Phrases & compounds
Prickly ash —
are shrubs of different families, somewhat resembling the true ashes in their foliage.