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Tamarisk: origin of "salt cedar"
Obviously it is an American name. Only in America is everything with small
scale-like leafs called a "cedar". Wondering how Casuarina escaped ... perhaps it smells wrong PvR Gnarlodious schreef Not absolutely sure, but it sounds Arabic. In Israel the shrub is known as Tamarisk, where it has a strong smell of vanilla while in bloom and inhabits the most hostile environments. "Tamar" is actually a Date Palm, there may be some non-botanical relation. -- Rachel ========= Entity Mike Lyle spoke thus: Note two-group posting: I hope nobody will mind. European readers will be familiar with tamarisks as robustly salt-tolerant but innocent seaside trees or shrubs; US readers, I find from sci.botany, may know the various species as unstoppable invaders in certain conditions. At http://internet.cybermesa.com/~bludevil/P6160002.JPG the attractive name "salt cedar" is given as an alternative. Does anybody know the pedigree of the new, presumably American, name? What is the oldest printed use we have? It's not in OED1, where *tamarisk" is cited from 1400. Mike. |
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