First Known Use: 14th century
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tamarisk
noun tam·a·risk \ˈta-mə-ˌrisk\
Definition of TAMARISK
: any of a genus (Tamarix of the family Tamaricaceae, the tamarisk family) of chiefly Old World desert shrubs and trees having tiny narrow leaves and masses of minute flowers with five stamens and a one-celled ovary —called also salt cedar
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Origin of TAMARISK
Middle English tamarisc, from Late Latin tamariscus, from Latin tamaric-, tamarix
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