flowering ash

flowering ash
noun
1. southern Mediterranean ash having fragrant white flowers in dense panicles and yielding manna
Syn: ↑manna ash, ↑Fraxinus ornus
Hypernyms: ↑ash, ↑ash tree
2. shrubby California ash with showy off-white flowers
Syn: ↑Fraxinus dipetala
Hypernyms: ↑ash, ↑ash tree
3. shrubby ash of southwestern United States having fragrant white flowers
Syn: ↑Fraxinus cuspidata
Hypernyms: ↑ash, ↑ash tree

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noun
1. : any of three plants of the genus Fraxinus:
b. : a large shrub or shrubby tree (F. cuspidata) of the southwestern United States that has fragrant white flowers
c. : a large shrub (F. dipetala) of the Pacific coast and coastal mountain ranges of the United States

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