Lexic.us

Definition of Green ash

1. Noun. A variety of red ash having glossy branchlets and lower leaf surfaces.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Green Ash

Literary usage of Green 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 Lucas Hillhouse (1819)
"THE green ash is more common in the western districts of Pennsylvania, ... The green ash is easily recognized by the brilliant colour of its young shoots ..."

2. Forestry in Minnesota by Samuel Bowdlear Green, Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota (1902)
"green ash. The green ash closely resembles the Red Ash, from which it is ... Professor Sargent regards the green ash as a variety of the Red Ash. "The bark ..."

3. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"green ash (local and common Ash (Ark. Iowa). name). Swamp Ash (Fla., Ala.,Tex.). Blue Ash (Ark., Iowa). Water Ash (Iowa). White Ash (Kans., Neb.). Locality. ..."

4. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"The branches are quadrangular, the young shoots having on the angles four membranes which extend their whole length. The green ash ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... the Medicine Bow Mountains, from which much of the native lumber used ¡n the S. of the state is secured. Other trees are the juniper, willow, green ash, ..."

6. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"The green ash has its name from the dark, lustrous foliage which is intensified in its ... In the East, the green ash and the red are distinct enough, ..."

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