white ash n 1: small to medium-sized tree of Australia and Tasmania having smooth white to light-grey bark shedding in patches or strips [syn: {snow gum}, {ghost gum}, {Eucalyptus coriacea}, {Eucalyptus pauciflora}] 2: spreading American ash with leaves pale green or silvery beneath and having hard brownish wood [syn: {Fraxinus Americana}]