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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

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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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