[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["any Old World tropical plant of the genus Tamarix,especially T. gallica,an ornamental Mediterranean shrub or small tree having slender, feathery branches.", "a shrub or small tree,Tamarix chinensis,of Eurasia, having scalelike leaves and clusters of pink flowers, naturalized in the southwestern U.S., where it has become a troublesome weed."]}]