Tamarisk

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Any shrub or tree of the genus Tamarix, the species of whichare European and Asiatic. They have minute scalelike leaves, andsmall flowers in spikes. An Arabian species (T. mannifera) is thesource of one kind of manna. Tamarisk salt tree, an East Indian tree(Tamarix orientalis) which produces an incrustation of salt.