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Definition of Saxaul
1. Noun. Any of three species of the amaranth genus ''Haloxylon'': ''Haloxylon ammodendron'', ''Haloxylon aphyllum'' (the black saxaul), and ''Haloxylon persicum'' (the white saxaul). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Saxaul
1. a contorted tree [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Saxaul
Literary usage of Saxaul
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Asia by Augustus Henry Keane (1896)
"Flora and Fauna: The saxaul—Mosquitoes and Locusts—The Turkoman horse. Vegetation is
represented in the wilderness chiefly by the saxaul, the Jidda or wild ..."
2. Asia by Augustus Henry Keane, Richard Carnac Temple (1882)
"Vegetation is represented in the wilderness chiefly by the saxaul, the Jidda or
wild olive, the poplar, and other hardy or prickly plants, ..."
3. Asia: With Ethnological Appendix by Augustus Henry Keane, Richard Carnac Temple (1882)
"Flora and Fauna : The saxaul—Mosquitoes and Locusts—The Turkoman horse ...
Vegetation is represented in the wilderness chiefly fa the saxaul, ..."
4. Russian Central Asia: Including Kuldja, Bokhara, Khiva and Merv by Henry Lansdell (1885)
"FROM SARY KAMISH TO KAPLAN KIR. Mounting the Ust Urt.—The well Uzun Kuyu.—saxaul
and other fuel. —Bread baken on the coals. ..."
5. Asia by Augustus Henry Keane (1906)
"Vegetation is represented in the wilderness chiefly by the saxaul, the jidda or
wild olive, the poplar, and other hardy or prickly plants, ..."
6. Russia's Railway Advance Into Central Asia by Dobson, George (1890)
"... heat — Refreshments — Improvised restaurant of trucks—The stations—Protection
of rails from the sand—saxaul and its uses—Wooden palisades—Wells—Abrupt ..."
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