[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tamarisk \tam"arisk\, n. l. tamariscus, also tamarix,
   tamarice, skr. tam=ala, tam=alaka, a tree with a very
   dark bark; cf. tamas darkness: cf. f. tamarisc, tamarix,
   tamaris. bot.
   any shrub or tree of the genus tamarix, the species of
   which are european and asiatic. they have minute scalelike
   leaves, and small flowers in spikes. an arabian species
   tamarix mannifera is the source of one kind of manna.
   1913 webster

   tamarisk salt tree, an east indian tree tamarix
      orientalis which produces an incrustation of salt.
      1913 webster
see also:
tamarix tamarix mannifera tamarisk salt tree tamarix orientalis 

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