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Idem, Viret æternùm contexens fontem igneum fraxinus.
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At tuba terribili sonitu taratantara dixit. incedunt arbusta per alta, securibus caedunt, percellunt magnas quercus, exciditur ilex, fraxinus frangitur atque abies consternitur alta, 15 pinus proceras peruortunt: omne sonabat arbustum fremitu siluai frondosai. vi
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Frean, though usually from the Scandinavian name Fraena, is sometimes for Fr. frêne, ash, Lat. fraxinus, while
The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909
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With these were _fraxinus Americana_, cottonwood, and long-leaved willow.
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851
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The quick-beam [_ornus_, or as the _pinax_ more peculiarly, _fraxinus bubula_; others, the wild sorb] or (as some term it) the witchen, is a species of wild-ash.
Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees John Evelyn 1663
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Idem, Viret æternùm contexens fontem igneum fraxinus.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 Richard Hakluyt 1584
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I don't know what hardware kolosus is using, but for fraxinus I see ...
PCLinuxOS-Forums 2009
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I don't know what hardware kolosus is using, but for fraxinus I see ...
PCLinuxOS-Forums 2009
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« Reply #17 on: Today at 06: 50: 35 AM » fraxinus - My sentiments exactly.
PCLinuxOS-Forums 2008
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Bolonides pugnae infiAit, cui fraxinus ingens Nunc implet dextram, vix ulU bajula, qualem In Bacchi legimus portafle Capanea cunas*
hernesheir commented on the word fraxinus
Type genus of the Fraxinaceae, the ash (tree) family.
August 28, 2009