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D Fraxinella
Dictamnus Dic*tam"nus, n. [L. See Dittany.] (Bot.) A suffrutescent, D. Fraxinella (the only species), with strong perfume and showy flowers. The volatile oil of the leaves is highly inflammable.
Dictamnus Fraxinella
Dittany Dit"ta*ny, n. [OE. dytane, detane, dytan, OF. ditain, F. dictame, L. dictamnum, fr. Gr. di`ktamnon, di`ktamnos, a plant growing in abundance on Mount Dicte in Crete. Cf. Dittander.] (Bot.) (a) A plant of the Mint family (Origanum Dictamnus), a native of Crete. (b) The Dictamnus Fraxinella. See Dictamnus. (c) In America, the Cunila Mariana, a fragrant herb of the Mint family.
Fraxin
Fraxin Frax"in, n. [From Fraxinus.] (Chem.) A colorless crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside, and found in the bark of the ash (Fraxinus) and along with esculin in the bark of the horse-chestnut. It shows a delicate fluorescence in alkaline solutions; -- called also paviin.
Fraxinus
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.
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.
Fraxinus ornus
Mannite Man"nite, n. [Cf. F. mannite.] 1. (Chem.) A white crystalline substance of a sweet taste obtained from a so-called manna, the dried sap of the flowering ash (Fraxinus ornus); -- called also mannitol, and hydroxy hexane. Cf. Dulcite.
Juglans fraxinifolia
Note: In some parts of America, especially in New England, the name walnut is given to several species of hickory (Carya), and their fruit. Ash-leaved walnut, a tree (Juglans fraxinifolia), native in Transcaucasia. Black walnut, a North American tree (J. nigra) valuable for its purplish brown wood, which is extensively used in cabinetwork and for gunstocks. The nuts are thick-shelled, and nearly globular. English, or European, walnut, a tree (J. regia), native of Asia from the Caucasus to Japan, valuable for its timber and for its excellent nuts, which are also called Madeira nuts. Walnut brown, a deep warm brown color, like that of the heartwood of the black walnut. Walnut oil, oil extracted from walnut meats. It is used in cooking, making soap, etc. White walnut, a North American tree (J. cinerea), bearing long, oval, thick-shelled, oily nuts, commonly called butternuts. See Butternut.

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- bibliography of erotic literature published under the pseudonym of Pis**** Fraxi. Ashbee was born in Southwark, London, the son of Robert and Frances Ashbee...
- John Raphael Smith, which are described by Henry Spencer Ashbee ('Pis**** Fraxi') in Catena Librorum Tacendorum (1885), the third and final volume of his...
- Open Tree of Life: 671810 Paleobiology Database: 54727 PLANTS: FRAXI POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:328119-2 Tropicos: 40010900 VASCAN: 1183 VicFlora:...
- (from Pollyanna and Pollyanna Grows Up). Henry Spencer Ashbee (as Pis**** Fraxi), "Catena librorum tacendorum", 1885, p.244 Annalisa Di Liddo, "Alan Moore:...
- whither he had repaired for the sake of his health". Pis**** Fraxi (1885) p. XLIX Pis**** Fraxi (1885) p. 188 Patrick J. Kearney, "A history of erotic literature"...
- bibliographies published by Henry Spencer Ashbee, under the pseudonym Pis**** Fraxi, in the late 1870s. Waters makes it clear, however, that though Lilly's...
- historical books and accounts from British Library "Rare Books", including Fraxi, Pis**** (pseudonym of Henry Spencer Ashbee) (1877) "Index Librorum Prohibitorum"...
- 1995, ISBN 0-8135-2197-1, pp.585-586 Henry Spencer Ashbee aka "Pis**** Fraxi" 1969, Index of Forbidden Books (written 1880s as Index Librorum Prohibitorum)...
- also appears in a series of related stories in The Pearl magazine. Pis**** Fraxi, Catena Librorum Tacendorum III, 1885, p. 246 Iwan Bloch, William H Forstern...
- ISBN 0-8135-2197-1, pp. 585–586 Ashbee, Henry Spencer Ashbee (aka "Pis**** Fraxi") (1969) Index of Forbidden Books (written during the 1880s as Index Librorum...