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salt cedar

American  

noun

  1. a shrub or small tree, Tamarix gallica, of the Mediterranean region, having bluish foliage and white or pinkish flowers.


Etymology

Origin of salt cedar

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

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Crappie fair to good on crappie jigs on salt cedar points in creeks.

From Washington Times • Oct. 30, 2019

The fire was burning grass, brush and salt cedar on private land near San Marcial in Socorro County.

From Washington Times • Jun. 27, 2017

After a restless night in a patch of salt cedar scrub near the westbound line, home and family beckon.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cico reached into a clump of grass and brought out a long, thin salt cedar branch with a spear at the end.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

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