tamarisk : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tamarisk	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for tamarisk
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tamarisk n 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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tamarisk \Tam"arisk\, n. [L. tamariscus, also tamarix, tamarice, Skr. tam[be]la, tam[be]laka, a tree with a very dark bark; cf. tamas darkness: cf. F. tamarisc, tamarix, tamaris.] (Bot.) Any shrub or tree of the genus {Tamarix}, the species of which are European and Asiatic. They have minute scalelike leaves, and small flowers in spikes. An Arabian species ({T. mannifera}) is the source of one kind of manna. {Tamarisk* salt tree}, an East Indian tree ({Tamarix orientalis}) which produces an incrustation of salt.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Tamarisk Heb. 'eshel (Gen. 21:33; 1 Sam. 22:6; 31:13, in the R.V.; but in A.V., "grove," "tree"); Arab. asal. Seven species of this tree are found in Palestine. It is a "very graceful tree, with long feathery branches and tufts closely clad with the minutest of leaves, and surmounted in spring with spikes of beautiful pink blosoms, which seem to envelop the whole tree in one gauzy sheet of colour" (Tristram's Nat. Hist.).