Meanings
plural white ashes
- countableuncountableAny of species Fraxinus americana of ash trees distributed throughout the eastern United States and critically endangered by the emerald ash borer.
Synonyms: American ash
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of species Fraxinus americana of ash trees distributed throughout the eastern United States and critically endangered by the emerald ash borer.
More synonyms by meaning
nounsmall to medium-sized tree of Australia and Tasmania having smooth white to light-grey bark shedding in patches or strips
nounspreading American ash with leaves pale green or silvery beneath and having hard brownish wood
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic مُرَّان أَمْرِيكِيّ
- مُرَّان أَمْرِيكِيّ (murrān ʔamrīkiyy)F. americana
Czech jasan americký
- jasan americkýF. americana
Finnish valkosaarni
- valkosaarniF. americana
French frêne blanc, frêne d'Amérique
- frêne blancF. americana
- frêne d'AmériqueF. americana
German Weiß-Esche
- Weiß-EscheF. americana
Hungarian fehér kőris
- fehér kőrisF. americana
Icelandic hvítaskur
- hvítaskurF. americana
Lithuanian amerikinis uosis
- amerikinis uosisF. americana
Norwegian Bokmål kvitask
- kvitaskF. americana
Polish jesion amerykański
- jesion amerykańskiF. americana
Romanian frasin american
- frasin americanF. americana
Russian я́сень америка́нский
- я́сень америка́нский (jásenʹ amerikánskij)F. americana
Swedish vitask
- vitaskF. americana
Turkish Amerika dişbudak
- Amerika dişbudakF. americana
Ukrainian я́сен америка́нський
- я́сен америка́нський (jásen amerykánsʹkyj)F. americana
Cite this entry
white ash. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white%20ash
“white ash.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white%20ash. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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