salt cedar
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noun
a shrub or small tree, Tamarix gallica, of the Mediterranean region, having bluish foliage and white or pinkish flowers.
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Also called French tamarisk.
Origin of salt cedar
First recorded in 1880–85
Words nearby salt cedar
salt away, salt bath, salt-box, saltbush, salt cake, salt cedar, saltcellar, salt chuck, saltchucker, salt cod, salt dome
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