What is "fraxinus americana"

Fraxinus \Frax"i*nus\, prop. 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; Fraxinus Americana, the white ash; Fraxinus sambucifolia, the black ash or water ash.

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 ( Fraxinus 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 americana (white ash or American ash) is a species of ash tree native to eastern and central North America. It is found in mesophytic hardwood forests from Nova Scotia west to Minnesota, south to northern Florida, and southwest to eastern Texas. Isolated populations have also been found in western Texas, Wyoming and Colorado, and the species is reportedly naturalized in Hawaii.