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white ash
noun
1. small to medium-sized tree of Australia and Tasmania having smooth white to light-grey bark shedding in patches or strips
Syn: ↑snow gum, ↑ghost gum, ↑Eucalyptus coriacea, ↑Eucalyptus pauciflora
Hypernyms: ↑eucalyptus, ↑eucalypt, ↑eucalyptus tree
2. spreading American ash with leaves pale green or silvery beneath and having hard brownish wood
Syn: ↑Fraxinus Americana
Hypernyms: ↑ash, ↑ash tree

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noun
1.
a.
(1) : an American ash (Fraxinus americana) having leaves pale green or silvery white below — see tree illustration
(2) : the hard brownish wood of white ash used for tools, furniture, and interior finishings
b. : green ash
c. : fringe tree
d. : any of several Australian eucalypts (especially Eucalyptus coriacea, E. fraxinoides, or E. globulus)
e. : white alder 2
2. : oar 1a

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white ash,
a tall variety of ash of eastern North America; American ash.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.