athel tree

noun

ˈathəl-

variants or less commonly athel tamarisk or athel

plural -s

: a small drought-resistant evergreen tree (Tamarix aphylla) native to southern and western Asia but now widely planted as an ornamental or shelter-belt tree in warm dry regions (as of the southwestern U.S. and Australia)

broadly : any of several other trees or shrubs of the genus Tamarix

Word History

Etymology

Arabic athlah

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