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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TAMARISK

From Late Latin tamariscus, from Latin tamarix.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TAMARISK

tamarisk  [ˈtæmərɪsk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TAMARISK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tamarisk is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TAMARISK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

tamarisk

Tamarix

See text The genus Tamarix is composed of about 50–60 species of flowering plants in the family Tamaricaceae, native to drier areas of Eurasia and Africa. The generic name originated in Latin and may have referred to the Tamaris River in Hispania Tarraconensis.

Definition of tamarisk in the English dictionary

The definition of tamarisk in the dictionary is any of various ornamental trees and shrubs of the genus Tamarix, of the Mediterranean region and S and SE Asia, having scalelike leaves, slender branches, and feathery clusters of pink or whitish flowers: family Tamaricaceae.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TAMARISK


asterisk
ˈæstərɪsk
basilisk
ˈbæzɪˌlɪsk
bisque
bɪsk
brisk
brɪsk
de-risk
diːˈrɪsk
disc
dɪsk
disk
dɪsk
fisc
fɪsk
fisk
fɪsk
frisk
frɪsk
laserdisc
ˈleɪzəˌdɪsk
lutefisk
ˈluːtəˌfɪsk
minidisc
ˈmɪnɪˌdɪsk
multirisk
ˌmʌltɪˈrɪsk
obelisk
ˈɒbɪlɪsk
RISC
rɪsk
risk
rɪsk
risque
rɪsk
satyrisk
ˈsætərɪsk
whisk
wɪsk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TAMARISK

tamability
tamable
tamableness
Tamagotchi
tamale
tamandu
tamandua
tamanu
tamarack
tamarao
tamarau
tamari
tamarillo
tamarin
tamarind
tamasha
Tamatave
Tamaulipas
tambac
tambala

WORDS THAT END LIKE TAMARISK

at risk
counterparty risk
country risk
credit risk
downside risk
fire risk
health risk
high-risk
no risk
regulatory risk
security risk
take a risk

Synonyms and antonyms of tamarisk in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tamarisk» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TAMARISK

Find out the translation of tamarisk to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tamarisk from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tamarisk» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

红柳
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tamariscos
570 millions of speakers

English

tamarisk
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

झाऊ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الطرفاء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тамариска
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tamarisco
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঝাউ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tamaris
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tamarisk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tamariske
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

タマリスク
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

에셀
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tamarisk
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cây tân hà liểu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தோப்பிலே
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चिमटा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ılgın
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tamarisco
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Tamaryszek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тамариску
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tamarisc
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αρμυρίκια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tamarisk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tama
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tamarisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tamarisk

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TAMARISK»

The term «tamarisk» is regularly used and occupies the 92.258 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TAMARISK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tamarisk

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAMARISK»

Discover the use of tamarisk in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tamarisk and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Tamarisk Row
First published in 1974, and out of print for almost twenty years, Tamarisk Row is Gerald Murnane's first novel, and in many respects his masterpiece, an unsparing evocation of a Catholic childhood in a Victorian country town in the late ...
Gerald Murnane, 2008
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Tamarisk Town
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Sheila Kaye-Smith, 2008
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Some sprouting characteristics of five-stamen tamarisk
Some. Sprouting. Characteristics. of. Five-Stamen. Tamarisk. FORESTRY. LIBRARY". Howard L. Gary and Jerome S. Horton - Table 1. --Relation of sprouting of tamarisk to season in ...
Howard L. Gary, Jerome Sweet Horton, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station (Fort Collins, Colo.), 1965
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Life-Study of Genesis: Messages 56-77
it becomes a tamarisk tree. A tamarisk tree has slender branches and very fine leaves showing the flow of the riches of life. Thus, the tamarisk tree planted by the well of an oath in Beer-sheba pictures the flow of the riches of life, the issue of the  ...
Witness Lee, 1997
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Congressional Record, V. 149, Pt. 11, June 20, 2003 to June ...
My bill seeks to begin get the Tamarisk problem under control in a few innovative ways. First, my bill requires the Secretary of the Interior to assess the extent of Tamarisk invasion, identifying' where it is in each affected State, and estimate the  ...
Congress
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Tamarisk in Bloom
Romance.
Ivy Preston, 1989
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Restoring Colorado River Ecosystems: A Troubled Sense of ...
This allows tamarisk to expand with no effective checks other than habitat availability.24 Nevertheless, some experts believe that tamarisk would not have spread so successfully absent dramatic artificial changes in stream regimens and  ...
Robert W. Adler, 2012
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Abraham...Called by God
This planting of the tamarisk tree was not an insignificant thing. Although Abraham must have done many things while he was living in Beer-sheba, the Bible only records that he contended for the well, bought it back at a cost, planted a ...
Witness Lee, 1998
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Grand Canyon: A Century of Change : Rephotography of the ...
the Colorado River was at the mouth of the San Juan River in southern Utah, where it was observed in biological surveys between 1933 and 1938.44 By 1936, tamarisk grew along the river between Nanko- weap Creek and Tanner Rapid ...
Robert H. Webb, 1996
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The Ribbon of Green: Change in Riparian Vegetation in the ...
Controlled Burning Because of the high amount of fine fuel present in the form of dry leaves and twigs, fire commonly sweeps through tamarisk thickets,194 suggesting the possibility that this species may create a disturbance that perpetuates ...
Robert H. Webb, S. A. Leake, Raymond M. Turner, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TAMARISK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tamarisk is used in the context of the following news items.
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Tamarisk removal from Matchett Park marks the first step for future …
Grand Junction Parks and Recreation says they teamed up with the Tamarisk Coalition and the Conservation Core, to remove the tamarisk along the eastern ... «KKCO-TV, Jul 15»
2
Waterlines: Tamarisk and our changing riverbanks
Tamarisk, a remarkable plant, has colonized many rivers in the Southwest and has become a nuisance. The list of tamarisk's vices is a long one. Dense tamarisk ... «Grand Junction Free Press, Jul 15»
3
Tamarisk Technologies Group Announces Partnership with …
LOS ANGELES, June 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Tamarisk Technologies Group, LLC, a technology development company engaged in the development of ... «PR Newswire, Jun 15»
4
Tamarisk may be not such a bad guy after all
A couple of weeks ago, we ran a cover story ("Bushwhacked," May 6, 2015) about the invasion of tamarisk in the West and how it's threatened water supplies ... «Colorado Springs Independent, May 15»
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Homeless camps in tamarisk trees cause major fire hazard
Tamarisk trees are all over the Coachella Valley and homeless people are using them to build encampments, which could cause a fire hazard. «KESQ, May 15»
6
TPC ROSE selects Tamarisk as 2015 beneficiary
Presenting to TPC ROSE members in March at TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, are Lorena Grimm, Tamarisk board member, and Shelly Palashewski, Tamarisk ... «ABC Newspapers, Apr 15»
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Endangered willow flycatcher recovering slowly, efforts continue
A southwestern willow flycatcher nest in a stand of mixed tamarisk and coyote willow, St. George, Utah | Photo courtesy Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, St. «KCSG, Mar 15»
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Beetle vs. Bird: Expert Panel Weighs in on Biocontrol of Invasive …
What do you do when a problem is also a solution? Such is the case with exotic tamarisk (a.k.a., Tamarix spp., saltcedar), criticized for its ability to take over ... «Huffington Post, Jan 15»
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Tamarisk Country Club Home's Interior Shows Off William F. Cody …
Artist Claire Falkenstein designed the art glass and metal doors at the entrance to the William F. Cody-designed house at Tamarisk Country Club in Rancho ... «Palm Springs Life, Nov 14»
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Fire sparks in Indio tamarisk trees
The fire started at 5:45 a.m. in large tamarisk trees. People could see smoke, mixed with dust from nearby tractors, for miles, even after the fire was out. The initial ... «KESQ, Oct 14»

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