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  • noun Plural form of tamarisk.

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Examples

  • In the years since, Enstrom has tried everything to get rid of the pests - tamarisks, that is

    News/local from www.chieftain.com 2009

  • A few years ago, the USDA let loose thousands of leaf-eating Asian beetles in order to sic them on tamarisks, which die from the defoliation ...

    Uncategorized Blog Posts 2009

  • Last March, the Center for Biological Diversity sued the government, charging that indiscriminately killing tamarisks jeopardizes the flycatcher

    What's Your Favorite Invasive Species? 2009

  • A few years ago, the USDA let loose thousands of leaf-eating Asian beetles in order to sic them on tamarisks, which die from the defoliation ...

    What's Your Favorite Invasive Species? 2009

  • Last March, the Center for Biological Diversity sued the government, charging that indiscriminately killing tamarisks jeopardizes the flycatcher

    Uncategorized Blog Posts 2009

  • La Bamba was everywhere: at the Luna Park (as amusement parks are called in Italian), at the merry-go-round and at the ubiquitous ice cream parlors that flanked the terrace, sheltered under the heavy tamarisks that dripped their salty dew at night.

    Patrizia Chen: La Bamba 2010

  • La Bamba was everywhere: at the Luna Park (as amusement parks are called in Italian), at the merry-go-round and at the ubiquitous ice cream parlors that flanked the terrace, sheltered under the heavy tamarisks that dripped their salty dew at night.

    Patrizia Chen: La Bamba 2010

  • Other common trees are doum palms (Hyphaene thebaica), and tamarisks (Tamarix spp).

    Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert 2007

  • For example, there are tamarisks in Taklimakan Desert or other desert.

    A Project for the Dendro Truth Squad « Climate Audit 2007

  • Then away they stole, through the dark gardens, among the tamarisks and date palms, toward the quarters where the boy lay at rest.

    Excerpt: Ptolemy's Gate by Jonathan Stroud 2005

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