TAMARISK

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Meaning:

Any shrub or small tree of the genus Tamarix having small scalelike or needle-shaped leaves and feathery racemes of small white or pinkish flowers; of mostly coastal areas with saline soil

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("tamarisk" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("tamarisk" is a member of...):

genus Tamarix; Tamarix (genus of deciduous shrubs or small trees of eastern Mediterranean regions and tropical Asia)

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