HyperDic: genus_tamarix

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Tamarix:
NOUNplantgenus Tamarix, Tamarixgenus of deciduous shrubs or small trees of eastern Mediterranean regions and tropical Asia
English > genus Tamarix: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninggenus of deciduous shrubs or small trees of eastern Mediterranean regions and tropical Asia.
SynonymTamarix
Member ofTamaricaceae, family Tamaricaceae, tamarisk familyfamily of desert shrubs and trees (mostly halophytes and xerophytes)
MemberstamariskAny shrub or small tree of the genus Tamarix having small scalelike or needle-shaped leaves and feathery racemes of small white or pinkish flowers
Broaderdilleniid dicot genusgenus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
Spanishgenus tamarix, tamarix
Catalangenus tamarix, tamarix, Tamarix

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