Definition of Fraxinus velutina

1. Noun. Small shrubby ash of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.

Exact synonyms: Arizona Ash
Generic synonyms: Ash, Ash Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fraxinus Velutina

Fraunhofer line
Fraxinus Americana
Fraxinus caroliniana
Fraxinus cuspidata
Fraxinus dipetala
Fraxinus excelsior
Fraxinus latifolia
Fraxinus nigra
Fraxinus oregona
Fraxinus ornus
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Fraxinus pennsylvanica subintegerrima
Fraxinus quadrangulata
Fraxinus texensis
Fraxinus tomentosa
Fraxinus velutina (current term)
Frazer
Frazier's needle
Frazier-Spiller operation
Fred
Fred Astaire
Fred Hoyle
Fred Sanger
Fred Skinner
Fred Zinnemann
Freda
Freddie
Freddie Mac
Freddy
Frederic

Literary usage of Fraxinus velutina

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Silva of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1910)
"Fraxinus velutina Torr. ARIZONA ASH. Fraxinus velutina Torrey, Emory's Rep., p. 149 (1848) ; Sargent, Silva N. Am., vol. 6, p. 41, t. 267 (1894), in part. ..."

2. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"Another little ash (Fraxinus velutina, Torr.) grows in the Southwest, extending from Texas to California, climbing to the tops of dry mesas and the walls of ..."

3. Bulletin by Smithsonian Institution, Dept. of the Interior, United States Dept. of the Interior, United States National Museum, United States (1907)
"Fraxinus velutina Torrey. LEATHERLEAF ASH. This is the common ash of the Mexican Boundary region. Going west we first saw it in damp canyons of the Dog ..."

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