ash tree

1. Any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus (synset 112323979)
   is a type of: tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
   subtypes:

   • 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
   • flowering ash, fraxinus cuspidata - shrubby ash of southwestern United States having fragrant white flowers
   • flowering ash, fraxinus dipetala - 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
   specific instances: ygdrasil, yggdrasil - (Norse mythology) a huge ash tree whose roots and branches hold the earth and Heaven and Hell together
   belongs to: fraxinus, genus fraxinus - ash
   has: ash-key - winged seed of the ash tree
   substance holonym: ash - strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats
   same as: ash

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