tamarisk

«tamarisk» in Mova's school dictionary: a shrub or small tree with feathery leaves and small pink… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a tamarisk, tamarisks)

meaning for a pupil

A tamarisk is a shrub or small tree with feathery leaves and small pink or white flowers that grows well in dry, salty places such as seasides and deserts. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography and science, tamarisks grow in deserts, by salt lakes and on coasts; their long roots find water deep underground. In the Bible, Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba. In some places, such as parts of the USA and Australia, tamarisk is a weed that spreads and drinks river water.

examples

• A tamarisk grew by the seaside path. tree →
• Tamarisks can live in salty sand. tree →
• The tamarisk's pink flowers look like feathers. tree →
• Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba. tree →
• The camel rested in the shade of a tamarisk. tree →
• Farmers in Australia try to stop the tamarisk spreading. tree →

note

Countable: tamarisks. Pronounced TAM-a-risk.

In the corpora

• And they took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk-tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
• Flee, save your lives, and be like a tamarisk in the wilderness.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «tamarisk» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.