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WHITE ASH

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spreading American ash with leaves pale green or silvery beneath and having hard brownish wood

Synonyms:

Fraxinus Americana; white ash

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("white ash" is a kind of...):

ash; ash tree (any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small to medium-sized tree of Australia and Tasmania having smooth white to light-grey bark shedding in patches or strips

Synonyms:

Eucalyptus coriacea; Eucalyptus pauciflora; ghost gum; snow gum; white ash

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("white ash" is a kind of...):

eucalypt; eucalyptus; eucalyptus tree (a tree of the genus Eucalyptus)

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