tamarisk noun. ['tam(ǝ)rɪsk] LME.
[Late Latin tamariscus var. of Latin tamarix, of unkn. origin.]
Any of various shrubs or small trees constituting the genus Tamarix (family Tamaricaceae), with slender feathery branches, minute scalelike leaves, and spikes of tiny pink flowers, growing in sandy places in southern Europe, western Asia, etc.; esp. T. gallica, freq. planted by the seashore in southern England etc. Also (in full German tamarisk), the allied shrub Myricaria germanica, of river gravel in Continental Europe.

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