Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Fraxinus

Fraxinus , proper noun

[Latin, the ash tree.]

(Botany) A genus of deciduous forest trees, found in the north temperate zone, and including the true ash trees.

Fraxinus excelsior is the European ash; Fraxinus Americana, the white ash; Fraxinus sambucifolia, the black ash or water ash.