asho ca, a so ca

[In Bengali, ., ashoka.) A magnificent tree, the Jones i a asoca, called after Sir William Jones, founder of the Asiatic Society, who says that the vegetable world scarce affords a richer sight than an ashoca-tree in full bloom. The flowers, which are in cymes, are of a rich orange colour. The fruit is leguminous. The tree is wild in the Malayan peninsula, and also cultivated in Indian gardens. and suff. -en. In Ger. eschen.] 1. Pertaining to the ash-tree. 2. Made of ash-wood. "And each his ashen bow unbent." Scott: Lord of the Isles, iv. 9. ashen keys. The seed-ve els of the ashtree. They are called by botanists Samaras, ie., dry, indehiscent, winged, two-celled, two-seeded capsules. [SAMARA.] Their length and lateral compre ion create the resemblance to keys. [ASH-KEYS.] Her.: The seed-ve els of the ash-tree, which are occasionally represented on an escutcheon. (Glo . of Heraldry, 1847.) ASHEN KEYS.