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tamarisks

tamarisks is the plural of tamarisk.

Meaning of tamarisk

Noun

tamarisk (plural tamarisks)

  1. Any of several shrubs, of the genus Tamarix, native to arid regions in Eurasia and Africa, often invasive in other arid regions.
    • He ordered the pack train moved to the right to avoid a possible stampede. Five hundred camels, yaboos and mules, half hid in a valley of tamarisk scrub, were watched by fifty Persian slaves commanded by ten stout Turkomans, of whom Guchee was one.1938, Walter Claremartin, Golden Hour of Guchee
    Synonyms:
    salt cedar

Questions about tamarisks

What is tamarisks the plural of?
Tamarisks is the plural of tamarisk.

Words near tamarisks in the dictionary

  1. tamarindes
  2. tamarinds
  3. tamarins
  4. tamaris
  5. tamarisk
  6. tamarisks
  7. tamarix
  8. tamarixes
  9. tamarixetin
  10. Tamaroa
  11. Tamartian

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