- tamarisk (n.)
[tamarisk 词源字典]
- southern European evergreen shrub, c. 1400, from Late Latin tamariscus, variant of tamarix, of unknown origin, probably a borrowing from a non-Indo-European language; perhaps Semitic and related to Hebrew tamar "palm tree, date palm" (see tamarind).[tamarisk etymology, tamarisk origin, 英语词源]