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Excelsior Excelsior Ex*cel"si*or, a. [L., compar. of excelsus elevated,
lofty, p. p. of excellere. See Excel, v. t.]
More lofty; still higher; ever upward.
Excelsior Excelsior Ex*cel"si*or, n.
A kind of stuffing for upholstered furniture, mattresses,
etc., in which curled shreds of wood are substituted for
curled hair.
Fraxinus excelsior Ash Ash ([a^]sh), n. [OE. asch, esh, AS. [ae]sc; akin to OHG.
asc, Sw. & Dan. ask, Icel. askr, D. esch, G. esche.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of trees of the Olive family, having
opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing
valuable timber, as the European ash (Fraxinus
excelsior) and the white ash (F. Americana).
Prickly ash (Zanthoxylum Americanum) and Poison ash
(Rhus venenata) are shrubs of different families,
somewhat resembling the true ashes in their foliage.
Mountain ash. See Roman tree, and under Mountain.
2. The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree.
Note: Ash is used adjectively, or as the first part of a
compound term; as, ash bud, ash wood, ash tree, etc.
Fraxinus excelsior Fraxinus Frax"i*nus, n. [L., the ash tree.] (Bot.)
A genus of deciduous forest trees, found in the north
temperate zone, and including the true ash trees.
Note: Fraxinus excelsior is the European ash; F.
Americana, the white ash; F. sambucifolia, the black
ash or water ash.
