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white ash

white ash (plural white ash·es)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. ash wood: the strong resilient wood of an ash tree whose leaves have a pale silvery underside. Use: oars.

2. N American ash tree: an ash tree that has leaves with a pale silvery underside and yields white ash. Native to: North America.  Latin name Fraxinus americana.

[< the pale color of the undersides of its leaves]
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