FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Fraxinus excelsior mean? 

• FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR (noun)
  The noun FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

common European ash; European ash; Fraxinus excelsior

Hypernyms ("Fraxinus excelsior" is a kind of...):

ash; ash tree (any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus)