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ithel|ˈɪθɛl|
Also athel, athleh, atl, ithil.
[Local Arab.]
A tamarisk, Tamarix aphylla, bearing panicles of pink flowers and minute leaves, native to western Asia and north-east Africa.
1838W. Ainsworth Res. Assyria 125 The common tamarisk of the country, the Athleh or Atle of Sonnini, is the Tamarix orientalis of Forskahl. 1875Encycl. Brit. II. 236/2 Of plants there is an endless variety [in Arabia]... The tamarisk or ‘Talh’, the southern larch or ‘Ithel’, the chestnut, the sycamore, and several other trees. 1881A. Blunt Pilgrimage to Nejd I. 84 The Ithel, a tree grown in every village of Central Arabia. Ibid. 85 The roof was of ithel beams. 1924Blackw. Mag. Mar. 351/1 Mackintosh..was watching them from the shelter of a clump of ithil bushes. 1949L. H. Bailey Man. Cultivated Plants (rev. ed.) 678 T[amarix] aphylla... Athel Tamarisk. Shrub or small tree... Useful as a windbreak in desert regions. 1963F. von Breitenbach Indigenous Trees Ethiopia (ed. 2) 150 Tamarix aphylla... Atl (Arabic)... Leaves reduced to a minute triangular tooth on a sheathing base. |