Phrase guide

white ash

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A critically endangered species of ash tree, Fraxinus americana, distributed throughout the eastern United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: American ash

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

spreading American ash with leaves pale green or silvery beneath and having hard brownish wood

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Fraxinus Americana

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ash, ash tree

3

noun

Meaning 3

small to medium-sized tree of Australia and Tasmania having smooth white to light-grey bark shedding in patches or strips

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: snow gum, ghost gum, Eucalyptus coriacea, Eucalyptus pauciflora

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: eucalyptus, eucalypt, eucalyptus tree

History

Etymology

By surface analysis, white + ash

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُرَّان أَمْرِيكِيّ (murrān ʔamrīkiyy) — F. americana
  • Armenian: հացենի ամերիկյան (hacʻeni amerikyan) — F. americana
  • Czech: jasan americký — F. americana
  • Finnish: valkosaarni — F. americana
  • French: frêne blanc — F. americana
  • French: frêne d'Amérique — F. americana
  • German: Weiß-Esche — F. americana
  • Hungarian: fehér kőris — F. americana
  • Icelandic: hvítaskur — F. americana
  • Lithuanian: amerikinis uosis — F. americana
  • Miami: napaholwi — F. americana
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kvitask — F. americana
  • Polish: jesion amerykański — F. americana
  • Romanian: frasin american — F. americana
  • Russian: я́сень америка́нский (jásenʹ amerikánskij) — F. americana
  • Serbo-Croatian: shамѐричкӣ ја̏се̄н — F. americana
  • Serbo-Croatian: amèričkī jȁsēn — F. americana
  • Slovene: amȇriški jésen — F. americana
  • Swedish: vitask — F. americana
  • Turkish: Amerika dişbudak — F. americana
  • Ukrainian: я́сен америка́нський (jásen amerykánsʹkyj) — F. americana