Definition of Fraxinus excelsior

1. Noun. Tall ash of Europe to the Caucasus having leaves shiny dark-green above and pale downy beneath.

Exact synonyms: Common European Ash, European Ash
Generic synonyms: Ash, Ash Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fraxinus Excelsior

Frasera
Frasera speciosa
Fraserburgh
Fratercula
Fratercula arctica
Fratercula corniculata
Frau
Fraunce
Frauncis
Fraunhofer's lines
Fraunhofer line
Fraxinus Americana
Fraxinus caroliniana
Fraxinus cuspidata
Fraxinus dipetala
Fraxinus excelsior (current term)
Fraxinus latifolia
Fraxinus nigra
Fraxinus oregona
Fraxinus ornus
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Fraxinus pennsylvanica subintegerrima
Fraxinus quadrangulata
Fraxinus texensis
Fraxinus tomentosa
Fraxinus velutina
Frazer
Frazier's needle
Frazier-Spiller operation
Fred

Literary usage of Fraxinus excelsior

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"... the Pistachio-nut (Pistacia), the Box-tree (Buxus), and most Ashes, especially the common Ash (Fraxinus excelsior, see fig. ..."

2. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1830)
"Notice respecting the existence of Fraxinus excelsior, as an Indigenous Tree in Scotland.—As the occurrence of the ash and beech in Scotland, ..."

3. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1830)
"Notice respecting the existence of Fraxinus excelsior, as an Indigenous Tree in Scotland.—As the occurrence of the ash and beech in Scotland, ..."

4. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies by Edward Pollock Anshutz (1900)
"(In the Union Medicate, November, 1852, two French physicians detailed several cases of gout and rheumatism treated with Fraxinus excelsior, or ash leaves, ..."

5. London Trees: Being an Account of the Trees that Succeed in London, with a by Angus Duncan Webster (1920)
"T Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) I HOUGH a valuable town tree the Ash is not largely planted in London, and when seen usually occupies the more open and airy ..."

6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1853)
"Therapeutic Uses of the Bark, Leaves, Seeds, and Root of the common Ash (Fraxinus Excelsior).—In a work recently published by Dr. ..."

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