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ash (combustion) ash (combustion)
ash in chemistry, solid residue of combustion. The chemical composition of an ash depends on that of the substance burned. Wood ash contains metal carbonates (e.g., potassium carbonate) and oxides formed from metals originally compounded in the wood. Coal ash usually has a high content of minerals... Read more
ash ash
ash in botany, any plant of the genus Fraxinus of the family Oleaceae ( olive family), trees and shrubs mainly of north temperate regions. The ashes are characterized by small clusters of greenish flowers and by fruits with long "wings" to aid in wind dispersal. The most valuable of the... Read more
Ashes Ashes
ashes the powdery residue left after something is burned, often taken as a symbol of mourning or penitence (as in sackcloth and ashes).The Ashes is a trophy for the winner of a series of test matches in a cricket season between England and Australia. The name comes from a mock obituary notice... Read more
kelp kelp
kelp large seaweed XIV; calcined ashes of seaweed XVII. ME. culp(e), of unkn. orig.... Read more
mountain ash mountain ash
mountain ash name for any species of the genus Sorbus of the family Rosaceae ( rose family), hardy ornamental trees and shrubs native to the Northern Hemisphere, not related to the true ashes. They are deciduous and bear flat-topped clusters of white flowers followed by orange or brilliant red... Read more
Shrove Tuesday Shrove Tuesday
Shrove Tuesday day before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent ). In the Latin countries it is the last day of the carnival, called by the French Mardi Gras .... Read more
Ash Wednesday Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday in the Western Church, the first day of Lent , being the seventh Wednesday before Easter. On this day ashes are placed on the foreheads of the faithful to remind them of death, of the sorrow they should feel for their sins, and of the necessity of changing their lives. The practice,... Read more
John Ashe John Ashe
John Ashe c.1720-1781, American Revolutionary general, b. Brunswick co., N.C. Speaker of the colonial assembly (1762-65) and a leader of the opposition to the Stamp Act, he was important to the patriot cause in North Carolina. On Mar. 3, 1778, Ashe, a major general commanding North Carolina troops,... Read more
prickly ash prickly ash
prickly ash name for two deciduous shrubs or small trees ( Zanthoxylum americanum and Z. clava-herculis ) of the family Rutaceae ( rue family). They are native to E North America and have prickly twigs and foliage similar to that of the unrelated ash tree. A pungent aromatic principle in the... Read more
Asheboro Asheboro
Asheboro, North Carolina/USA Asheborough Founded in 1796 and named after Samuel Ashe (1725–1813), governor of North Carolina (1795–8).... Read more

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