DOWNY ASH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does downy ash mean? 

• DOWNY ASH (noun)
  The noun DOWNY ASH has 1 sense:

1. smallish American tree with velvety branchlets and lower leaf surfaces

  Familiarity information: DOWNY ASH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOWNY ASH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Smallish American tree with velvety branchlets and lower leaf surfaces

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

downy ash; Fraxinus pennsylvanica; red ash

Hypernyms ("downy ash" is a kind of...):

ash; ash tree (any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "downy ash"):

Fraxinus pennsylvanica subintegerrima; green ash (a variety of red ash having glossy branchlets and lower leaf surfaces)