Tamarisk Definition

tămə-rĭsk
noun
Any of a genus (Tamarix) of small trees or shrubs of the tamarisk family with slender branches and feathery flower clusters, common near salt water and often grown for a windbreak.
Webster's New World
adjective
Designating a family (Tamaricaceae, order Violales) of small, dicotyledonous shrubs and trees.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Tamarisk

Noun

Singular:
tamarisk
Plural:
tamarisks

Origin of Tamarisk

  • Middle English tamarisc from Late Latin tamariscus variant of Latin tamarīx tamarīc- probably from an unknown Mediterranean source akin to Greek murikē

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Tamarisk Sentence Examples

  • A fine tamarisk, traces of a church (which is mentioned in the 8th century), and a large reservoir, now filled up with mud, remain.

  • The country is naturally treeless, except for the tamarisk, which grows by the swamps and along the river-beds.

  • The jungle is chiefly tamarisk and padah (willow).

  • In the desert regions vegetation is, of course, extremely scanty, being restricted almost entirely to the tamarisk, Elaeagnus, tussock grass, and a few Salsolaceae.

  • The manna of the Biblical narrative, notwithstanding the miraculous circumstances which distinguish it from anything now known, answers in its description very closely to the tamarisk manna.

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Words Starting With

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Words Ending With

KSKISK

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