Definition of Common european ash

1. Noun. Tall ash of Europe to the Caucasus having leaves shiny dark-green above and pale downy beneath.

Exact synonyms: European Ash, Fraxinus Excelsior
Generic synonyms: Ash, Ash Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Common European Ash

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Literary usage of Common european ash

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

1. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"... near Bonn, sowed seeds of the common European ash, which he gathered in a distant forest, many of which came up with simple leaves. ..."

2. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1838)
"... of the white ash : but a sufficient time has not yet elapsed to judge of the value of the tree as compared with the common European ash. ..."

3. The Propagation of Plants: Giving the Principles which Govern the by Andrew Samuel Fuller (1887)
"Seedlings of the common European Ash (F. excelsior), are the best for stocks for all the European and American species and varieties. ..."

4. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1853)
"The American While and Black Ash, and the common European Ash, are all well adapted to street and avenue planting; but of these three species we must prefer ..."

5. A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, Adapted to by Andrew Jackson Downing (1852)
"The foliage, as well as the timber of our White ash, is finer than that of the common European ash, ..."

6. British Farmer's Magazine (1847)
"... that Mr. Oddy, in his treatise on European Commerce " acknowledges it to be superior, for many purposes, to the common European ash. ..."

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