ASH, n.
1. A well known tree, of which there are many species. There is no hermaphrodite calyx, or it is quadripartite and no corol, or it is tetrapetalous. There are two stamens one pistil one seed, contained in a membranous, lanceolate capsule, and the pistil of the female flower is lanceolate. The leaves are pinnate, and the capsules grow in cluster. This wood is valuable, for fuel, as well as for timber and the tree, when it grows in an open field, often forms, with its branches, a beautiful oval figure and a thick shade.
2. The wood of the ash tree.
ASH, a. Pertaining to or like the ash made of ash.
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