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Definition of salt cedar in English: salt cedarnoun North American A European tamarisk with reddish-brown branches and feathery grey foliage. 〈北美〉法国柽柳 Tamarix gallica, family Tamaricaceae Example sentencesExamples - Along with tree-planting efforts, crews are laboring to remove the invasive salt cedar, which monopolizes water supplies and crowds out natives.
- Along many canals, settlers had planted native cottonwood trees or imported species, like poplars, salt cedars, and pecans, at regular intervals.
- The construction of upstream dams and the resulting controls over the river flow have prevented floods, allowing non-native plants such as salt cedar to colonize the area and alter the natural ecology.
- I breathe in the salt cedars, the bushes pearled with skin petals that seem to sweat.
- In the early 20th century, the springs became overrun with non-native mosquitofish, which were introduced for mosquito control, and choked with salt cedar trees (Tamarix spp.), introduced to stabilize embankments.
Definition of salt cedar in US English: salt cedarnoun North American A tamarisk with reddish-brown branches and feathery gray foliage. 〈北美〉法国柽柳 Tamarix gallica, family Tamaricaceae Example sentencesExamples - In the early 20th century, the springs became overrun with non-native mosquitofish, which were introduced for mosquito control, and choked with salt cedar trees (Tamarix spp.), introduced to stabilize embankments.
- The construction of upstream dams and the resulting controls over the river flow have prevented floods, allowing non-native plants such as salt cedar to colonize the area and alter the natural ecology.
- Along with tree-planting efforts, crews are laboring to remove the invasive salt cedar, which monopolizes water supplies and crowds out natives.
- I breathe in the salt cedars, the bushes pearled with skin petals that seem to sweat.
- Along many canals, settlers had planted native cottonwood trees or imported species, like poplars, salt cedars, and pecans, at regular intervals.
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