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DOWNY ASH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does downy ash mean?
• DOWNY ASH (noun)
The noun DOWNY ASH has 1 sense:
1. smallish American tree with velvety branchlets and lower leaf surfaces
Familiarity information: DOWNY ASH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Smallish American tree with velvety branchlets and lower leaf surfaces
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
downy ash; Fraxinus pennsylvanica; red ash
Hypernyms ("downy ash" is a kind of...):
ash; ash tree (any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "downy ash"):
Fraxinus pennsylvanica subintegerrima; green ash (a variety of red ash having glossy branchlets and lower leaf surfaces)
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