FLOWERING ASH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flowering ash mean? 

• FLOWERING ASH (noun)
  The noun FLOWERING ASH has 3 senses:

1. southern Mediterranean ash having fragrant white flowers in dense panicles and yielding manna

2. shrubby California ash with showy off-white flowers

3. shrubby ash of southwestern United States having fragrant white flowers

  Familiarity information: FLOWERING ASH used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLOWERING ASH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Southern Mediterranean ash having fragrant white flowers in dense panicles and yielding manna

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

flowering ash; Fraxinus ornus; manna ash

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Shrubby California ash with showy off-white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

flowering ash; Fraxinus dipetala

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

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

Shrubby ash of southwestern United States having fragrant white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

flowering ash; Fraxinus cuspidata

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

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