HyperDic: fraxinus_nigra

English > 1 sense of the expression *Fraxinus nigra*:
NOUN	plant	Fraxinus nigra, black ash, basket ash, brown ash, hoop ash	vigorous spreading North American tree having dark brown heavy wood

English > *Fraxinus nigra*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	vigorous spreading North American tree having dark brown heavy wood; leaves turn gold in autumn.
Synonyms	black ash, basket ash, brown ash, hoop ash
Broader	ash, ash tree	Any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus