Main Entry: tam·a·risk

Pronunciation: \ˈta-mə-ˌrisk\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English tamarisc, from Late Latin tamariscus, from Latin tamaric-, tamarix

Date: 14th century

: any of a genus (Tamarix of the family Tamaricaceae, the tamarisk family) of chiefly Old World desert shrubs and trees having tiny narrow leaves and masses of minute flowers with five stamens and a one-celled ovary —called also salt cedar