white ash
noun
: a North American ash (Fraxinus americana) having compound leaves with a pale green or silvery-white underside
also
: its hard brownish wood
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Made by a design studio in San Francisco, the Nikois encased in white ash wood combines minimalism and functionality, perfectly integrating into any contemporary space.
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Kelsey Borovinsky, Architectural Digest, 9 Feb. 2026
By 2010, millions of trees — white ash, green ash, blue ash — had succumbed.
—Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Early Sunday on the same sparsely populated peninsula, the Krasheninnikov volcano spewed white ash clouds into the sky for the first time in hundreds of years.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
One was naked, with broad horizontal strokes of white ash smudged across his forehead and a large enamel pin in his topknot.
—Amie Barrodale, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
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Kelsey Borovinsky, Architectural Digest, 9 Feb. 2026
By 2010, millions of trees — white ash, green ash, blue ash — had succumbed.
—Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Early Sunday on the same sparsely populated peninsula, the Krasheninnikov volcano spewed white ash clouds into the sky for the first time in hundreds of years.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
One was naked, with broad horizontal strokes of white ash smudged across his forehead and a large enamel pin in his topknot.
—Amie Barrodale, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
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“White ash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white%20ash. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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