Found 2 items, similar to Fraxinus excelsior.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Fraxinus excelsior Fraxinus excelsior n : tall ash of Europe to the Caucasus having leaves shiny dark-green above and pale downy beneath [syn: European ash , common European ash]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Fraxinus excelsior Fraxinus \Frax"i*nus\, prop. n. [L., the ash tree.] (Bot.) A genus of deciduous forest trees, found in the north temperate zone, and including the true ash trees. [1913 Webster] Note: Fraxinus excelsior is the European ash; Fraxinus Americana , the white ash; Fraxinus sambucifolia, the black ash or water ash. [1913 Webster] Ash \Ash\ ([a^]sh), n. [OE. asch, esh, AS. [ae]sc; akin to OHG. asc, Sw. & Dan. ask, Icel. askr, D. esch, G. esche.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of trees of the Olive family, having opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing valuable timber, as the European ash (Fraxinus excelsior ) and the white ash (Fraxinus Americana). [1913 Webster] Prickly ash (Zanthoxylum Americanum) and Poison ash (Rhus venenata) are shrubs of different families, somewhat resembling the true ashes in their foliage. Mountain ash. See Roman tree, and under Mountain. [1913 Webster] 2. The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree. [1913 Webster] Note: Ash is used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound term; as, ash bud, ash wood, ash tree, etc. [1913 Webster]