tamarisk

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The Buddhists use flowers largely for funeral purposes, and an Indian name for the tamarisk is the "messenger of Yama," the Indian God of Death.

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  1. noun Any of numerous African and Eurasian shrubs or small trees of the genus Tamarix, having small scalelike leaves and racemes of white, pink, or red flowers.

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  • They want different angles on the offending tamarisk, they want each one photographed before and after, the whole process documented, GPS'd, and uploaded directly by the camera. —  FSFMagazine,May2007
  • But some of the best tamarisk, the most vigorous, he uproots and sets aside, for later use Two dollars eighty-eight cents a day, plus water bounty It takes Maggie's rolling, bleating camel stride a week to make it back to Lolo's homestead. —  FSFMagazine,May2007
  • The beetles are the only natural limit on the spread of tamarisk, also called salt cedar, in climates like Southern Colorado's. —  News/local from www.chieftain.com
  • In fact, they have been so successful in central Asia that in some areas, it is hard to find tamarisk, which is still prized as an ornamental, Enstrom said. —  News/local from www.chieftain.com
  • A Web site providing information about tamarisk, maps, research, area control programs, education and events concerning tamarisk was established as part of the task force's work. —  News/local from www.chieftain.com
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English tamarisc, from Late Latin tamariscus, variant of Latin tamarīx, tamarīc-.

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  1. Formerly also tamaric, tamrick, tamricke, from Middle English *tamarike, thamarike (from Latin tamarix (tamaric-), tamarice, Middle Latin tamarica); = French tamaris, tamarix = Provencal tamarisc = Spanish tamarisco, tamariz = Portuguese tamarisco, tamaris = Italian tamarisco, tamerice, from Latin tamariscus, also tamarix (tamaric-). tamarice, Middle Latin also tamarica, tamarisk; perhaps connected with Sanskrit tamālaka, tamālakā, tamāla, a tree with a dark bark, from tamas, darkness: see dim.
 

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