white ash
noun
: a North American ash (Fraxinus americana) having compound leaves with a pale green or silvery-white underside
also
: its hard brownish wood
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Bats made out of white ash trees were used for decades.
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Mansee Khurana, NPR, 30 Mar. 2025
This bed is made with beautiful white ash wood with natural wood grain and color variations.
—Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 30 Jan. 2025
Still, the researchers identified significant variance among the species: Black cherry, red maple and white ash tended to experience peak coloration earlier, while oaks and sugar maples blazed later.
—Benjamin Cassidy, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Oct. 2024
Common trees in Brown County include the American beech, sugar maple, black walnut, shagbark hickory and white ash.
—Alysa Guffey, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Sep. 2024
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Mansee Khurana, NPR, 30 Mar. 2025
This bed is made with beautiful white ash wood with natural wood grain and color variations.
—Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 30 Jan. 2025
Still, the researchers identified significant variance among the species: Black cherry, red maple and white ash tended to experience peak coloration earlier, while oaks and sugar maples blazed later.
—Benjamin Cassidy, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Oct. 2024
Common trees in Brown County include the American beech, sugar maple, black walnut, shagbark hickory and white ash.
—Alysa Guffey, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Sep. 2024
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“White ash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white%20ash. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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