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n. - Any shrub or small tree of a certain genus having small scalelike or needle-shaped leaves and feathery racemes of small white or pinkish flowers.

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  • In fact, they have been so successful in central Asia that in some areas, it is hard to find tamarisk, which is still prized as an ornamental, Enstrom said.
  • The Colorado River is in extreme stress from an invasive non-native shrub called the tamarisk, which was sourced from the eastern Mediterranean to stabilize erosion of...
  • Salted foods or plants that tolerate salt such as tamarisk, which may have high salt concentrations in their leaves (section 5.6), should not be used in the compost pile.
  • He added there is "lots of dry, dry fuel," such as tamarisk, oak brush and cattails.
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