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Definition of Fraxinus excelsior
1. Noun. Tall ash of Europe to the Caucasus having leaves shiny dark-green above and pale downy beneath.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fraxinus Excelsior
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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