Meanings
plural ash trees
- A tree of the genus Fraxinus, with compound leaves and a tough, flexible wood.
Why the beetles alter their activity patterns only when they feed on the introduced ash tree remains an open question. The beetles on F. griffithii continue to feed after sunrise, possibly because their food requirement is not met.
2021 September 28, Ryo Shibata, Wataru Kojima, “An introduced host plant alters circadian activity patterns of a rhinoceros beetle”, in Ecology, volume 102, number 9, Columbus: ESA, →DOI, page 2, column 1
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
See ash, etymology 2.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek μελία
- μελία (melía)Fraxinus tree
Arabic مُرَّان, دَرْدَار
- مُرَّان (murrān)Fraxinus tree
- دَرْدَار (dardār)Fraxinus tree
Basque lizar
- lizarFraxinus tree
Bulgarian ясен
- ясен (jasen)Fraxinus tree
Catalan freixe
- freixeFraxinus tree
Chinese Mandarin 梣
- 梣 (cén)Fraxinus tree
Czech jasan
- jasanFraxinus tree
Danish ask
- askFraxinus tree
Dutch es
- esFraxinus tree
Esperanto frakseno
- fraksenoFraxinus tree
Estonian saar
- saarFraxinus tree
Finnish saarni
- saarniFraxinus tree
French frêne
- frêneFraxinus tree
German Esche
- EscheFraxinus tree
Greek μελιά, φλαμουριά
- μελιά (meliá)Fraxinus tree
- φλαμουριά (flamouriá)Fraxinus tree
- φράξος (fráxos)Fraxinus tree
Hebrew מֵילָה
- מֵילָה (melá)Fraxinus tree
Hungarian kőris
- kőrisFraxinus tree
Icelandic askur, eski
- askurFraxinus tree
- eskiFraxinus tree
Irish fuinseog
- fuinseogFraxinus tree
Italian frassino
- frassinoFraxinus tree
Japanese 梣
- 梣 (toneriko)Fraxinus tree
Korean 물푸레나무
- 물푸레나무 (mulpurenamu)Fraxinus tree
Latin fraxinus
- fraxinusFraxinus tree
Latvian osis
- osisFraxinus tree
Lithuanian uosis
- uosisFraxinus tree
Māori ahe
- aheFraxinus tree
Norwegian ask
- askFraxinus tree
Persian زبان گنجشک, ون
- زبان گنجشک (zabân-gonješk)Fraxinus tree
- ون (van)Fraxinus tree
Polish jesion
- jesionFraxinus tree
Portuguese freixo
- freixoFraxinus tree
Romanian frasin
- frasinFraxinus tree
Russian я́сень
- я́сень (jásenʹ)Fraxinus tree
Scottish Gaelic uinnseann
- uinnseannFraxinus tree
Slovak jaseň
- jaseňFraxinus tree
Spanish fresno
- fresnoFraxinus tree
Swedish ask
- askFraxinus tree
Tagalog presno
- presnoFraxinus tree
Turkish dişbudak
- dişbudakFraxinus tree
Welsh onn
- onnFraxinus tree
Yiddish אַשבוים
- אַשבוים (ashboym)Fraxinus tree
Cite this entry
ash tree. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ash%20tree
“ash tree.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ash%20tree. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ash tree,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ash%20tree.
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