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any of various small decorative flowering trees or shrubs of the genus Chionanthus

: a small tree or shrub of the genus Chionanthus; especially : a small tree (C. virginica) occurring in the southern United States but used as an ornamental further north especially in sheltered locations and having clusters of white flowers — called also fringe bush

a shrub or small tree, Chionanthus virginicus, of the olive family, native to the southern U.S., bearing open clusters of white flowers with long, narrow petals. Also called old-man's-beard.

[1720-30, Amer.]

fringe tree noun

A large American shrub (Chionanthus virginica) of the family Oleaceae, whose very numerous snow-white flowers have long narrow corolla-segments

Main Entry: ↑fringe