tamarisk
pronunciation
How to pronounce tamarisk in British English:
UK ['tæmərɪsk]
How to pronounce tamarisk in American English:
US [ˈtæməˌrɪsk]
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- Noun:
- 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
Word Origin
- tamarisk (n.)
- southern European evergreen shrub, c. 1400, from Late Latin tamariscus, variant of tamarix, of unknown origin, probably a borrowing from a non-Indo-European language; perhaps Semitic and related to Hebrew tamar "palm tree, date palm" (see tamarind).
Example
- 1. And they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in jabesh and fasted seven days .
- 2. Eurasian shrub resembling the tamarisk .
- 3. Then they took their bones and buried them under a tamarisk tree at jabesh , and they fasted seven days .
- 4. And abraham planted a tamarisk tree in beer-sheba , and there he called on the name of jehovah , the eternal god .
- 5. Genesis 21:33 ( niv ) abraham planted a tamarisk tree in beersheba , and there he called upon the name of the lord , the eternal god .