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Definition of Pumpkin ash
1. Noun. Timber tree of central and southeastern United States having hairy branchlets and a swollen trunk base.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pumpkin Ash
Literary usage of Pumpkin ash
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Field Book of American Trees and Shrubs: A Concise Description of the by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1915)
"The pumpkin ash is found in river swamps or on the wet margins of ponds, and is
distributed from western NY ..."
2. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"We certainly suspect that the hunters above mentioned, or perhaps earlier white
men visiting the region, imported the Old- World tradition. The pumpkin ash ..."
3. Wooden Box and Crate Construction by Forest Products Laboratory (U.S.) (1921)
"The range of white and green ash is the eastern half of the United States; of
black ash, the northern part of this section, and that of pumpkin ash, ..."
4. Tree Guide: Trees East of the Rockies by Julia Ellen Rogers (1914)
"... which probably refers to the almost bottomless bayous in which it often grows.
The common name, pumpkin ash, refers to the bulging base of the tree. ..."
5. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"(F. profunda) pumpkin ash Ash trees are easily distinguished in the woods by the
opposite arrangement of their pinnately compound leaves. ..."
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