Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A small tree, Fraxinus platycarpa, without special value, found in deep river-swamps from Virginia to Texas and in the West Indies.
  • noun The black hoop- or ground-ash, Fraxinus sambucifolia, of wet. grounds in the eastern half of North America.

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  • The intervale, or water-meadow, by the side of the river, held but a few widely scattered trees, -- trees of open growth, such as elm, balsam-poplar, and water-ash.

    The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life Charles George Douglas Roberts 1901

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