Noun | 1. | ![]() Fraxinus, genus Fraxinus - ash ash - strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats Fraxinus Americana, white ash - spreading American ash with leaves pale green or silvery beneath and having hard brownish wood Fraxinus caroliniana, swamp ash - small ash of swampy areas of southeastern United States Fraxinus cuspidata, flowering ash - shrubby ash of southwestern United States having fragrant white flowers Fraxinus dipetala, flowering ash - shrubby California ash with showy off-white flowers common European ash, European ash, Fraxinus excelsior - tall ash of Europe to the Caucasus having leaves shiny dark-green above and pale downy beneath Fraxinus latifolia, Fraxinus oregona, Oregon ash - timber tree of western North America yielding hard light wood; closely related to the red ash basket ash, black ash, brown ash, Fraxinus nigra, hoop ash - vigorous spreading North American tree having dark brown heavy wood; leaves turn gold in autumn flowering ash, Fraxinus ornus, manna ash - southern Mediterranean ash having fragrant white flowers in dense panicles and yielding manna downy ash, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, red ash - smallish American tree with velvety branchlets and lower leaf surfaces blue ash, Fraxinus quadrangulata - ash of central and southern United States with bluish-green foliage and hard brown wood Fraxinus texensis, mountain ash - low-growing ash of Texas Fraxinus tomentosa, pumpkin ash - timber tree of central and southeastern United States having hairy branchlets and a swollen trunk base Arizona ash, Fraxinus velutina - small shrubby ash of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico ash-key - winged seed of the ash tree tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms |