fraxinella

American  

[frak-suh-nel-uh] / ˌfræk səˈnɛl ə /

noun

1. gas plant.

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fraxinella British  

/ ˌfræksɪˈnɛlə /

noun

1. another name for gas plant

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Etymology

Origin of fraxinella

1655–65; < New Latin, equivalent to Latin frāxin ( us ) ash tree + -ella feminine diminutive suffix

Example Sentences

To the right of them sprang up the slim fraxinella, the centranthus draped with snowy blossoms, and the greyish hounds-tongue, in each of whose tiny flowercups gleamed a dewdrop.

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I dare say he meant the dictamnus fraxinella, which is sometimes luminous.

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I fancied that my Sunday coat was scented for days afterwards by the bushes of sweetbriar and the fraxinella that perfumed the air.

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