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Tamarix
(redirected from Salt cedar)

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Noun1.Tamarix - genus of deciduous shrubs or small trees of eastern Mediterranean regions and tropical AsiaTamarix - genus of deciduous shrubs or small trees of eastern Mediterranean regions and tropical Asia
dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
family Tamaricaceae, Tamaricaceae, tamarisk family - family of desert shrubs and trees (mostly halophytes and xerophytes)
tamarisk - any shrub or small tree of the genus Tamarix having small scalelike or needle-shaped leaves and feathery racemes of small white or pinkish flowers; of mostly coastal areas with saline soil


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Behind me on a strap, a six-pack of birds--a ring-neck, a wigeon, a canvasback, a redhead, a green-winged teal and greenhead--hung on the ragged stump of a short salt cedar.
However, they have been replaced by an exotic species, tolerant to the salinity--the salt cedar (Tamarix ramosissima) (Vandersande et al.
He had required some tricky tracking through crowded salt cedar and stabbing mesquite, hands and knees work in spooky-tight quarters after the seemingly perfect shot, then a finishing shot with the nasty brush grabbing at my gear and clothing.
 
 
 
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