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Definition of Blue ash
1. Noun. Ash of central and southern United States with bluish-green foliage and hard brown wood.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blue Ash
Literary usage of Blue ash
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The North American Sylva, Or, A Description of the Forest Trees, of the by François André Michaux, Augustus L Hillhouse (1819)
"THE blue ash is unknown to the Atlantic parts of the United States, ... The Blue
Ash frequently exceeds 60 or 70 feet in height and 18 or 20 inches in ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1897)
"Fragment of seed of blue ash. Fraxinus quadrangulata. 5 and 6. Nut and seed of
the hornbeam, Carpinus caroliniana. 7. Lower jaw and bone of the bat, ..."
3. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"Remarks. Has no superior among ash woods. blue ash pitchfork-handles are very fine.
Prefers limestone formations. Inner bark colors water blue, whence name. ..."
4. Our Trees, how to Know Them by Clarence Moores Weed (1918)
"THE blue ash is perhaps the easiest to identify of all the Ashes. ... The use of
this coloring as a dye led to the name blue ash. This species seems to be ..."
5. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1838)
"When bruised, they emit an odour like that of the leaves of the elder. The samaras
resemble those of the blue ash (F. quadran- ..."
6. An Encyclopædia of Trees and Shrubs: Being the Arboretum Et Fruticetum by John Claudius Loudon (1842)
"The samaras resemble those of the blue ash (F. quadrangulata), and are nearly as
broad at ... 1836 ; blue Ash, Amer. Engraving!. Michx. N. Amer. Ml., 8. t. ..."
7. The North American Sylva, Or, A Description of the Forest Trees, of the by François André Michaux, Augustus L Hillhouse (1819)
"THE blue ash is unknown to the Atlantic parts of the United States, ... The Blue
Ash frequently exceeds 60 or 70 feet in height and 18 or 20 inches in ..."
8. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1897)
"Fragment of seed of blue ash. Fraxinus quadrangulata. 5 and 6. Nut and seed of
the hornbeam, Carpinus caroliniana. 7. Lower jaw and bone of the bat, ..."
9. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"Remarks. Has no superior among ash woods. blue ash pitchfork-handles are very fine.
Prefers limestone formations. Inner bark colors water blue, whence name. ..."
10. Our Trees, how to Know Them by Clarence Moores Weed (1918)
"THE blue ash is perhaps the easiest to identify of all the Ashes. ... The use of
this coloring as a dye led to the name blue ash. This species seems to be ..."
11. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1838)
"When bruised, they emit an odour like that of the leaves of the elder. The samaras
resemble those of the blue ash (F. quadran- ..."
12. An Encyclopædia of Trees and Shrubs: Being the Arboretum Et Fruticetum by John Claudius Loudon (1842)
"The samaras resemble those of the blue ash (F. quadrangulata), and are nearly as
broad at ... 1836 ; blue Ash, Amer. Engraving!. Michx. N. Amer. Ml., 8. t. ..."
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