white ash

noun

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

• Syn: ↑snow gum, ↑ghost gum, ↑Eucalyptus coriacea, ↑Eucalyptus pauciflora

• Hypernyms: ↑eucalyptus, ↑eucalypt, ↑eucalyptus tree

2. spreading American ash with leaves pale green or silvery beneath and having hard brownish wood

• Syn: ↑Fraxinus Americana

• Hypernyms: ↑ash, ↑ash tree

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noun

1.

a.

(1) : an American ash (Fraxinus americana) having leaves pale green or silvery white below — see tree illustration

(2) : the hard brownish wood of white ash used for tools, furniture, and interior finishings

b. : green ash

c. : fringe tree

d. : any of several Australian eucalypts (especially Eucalyptus coriacea, E. fraxinoides, or E. globulus)

e. : white alder 2

2. : oar 1a

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white ash,

a tall variety of ash of eastern North America; American ash.