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tămărix, īcis, f., a tamarisk, tamariskshrub, Col. 8, 15, 4; Luc. 9, 916.
Called also tămărīcē, Plin. 13, 21, 37, § 116; 24, 9, 41, § 67; and tămăriscus, Pail. Nov. 8, 1.