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Definition: Tamarix mannifera
Tamarisk
\Tam"a*risk\, n. [L. tamariscus, also tamarix,
tamarice, Skr. tam[=a]la, tam[=a]laka, a tree with a very
dark bark; cf. tamas darkness: cf. F. tamarisc, tamarix,
tamaris.] (Bot.)
Any shrub or tree of the genus
Tamarix, the species of
which are European and Asiatic. They have minute scalelike
leaves, and small flowers in spikes. An Arabian species
(
Tamarix mannifera) is the source of one kind of manna.
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Tamarisk salt tree, an East Indian tree (
Tamarix orientalis
) which produces an incrustation of salt.
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