ash·en¹ (ăsh'ən)
adj.

1. Consisting of ashes.
2. Resembling ashes, especially in color; very pale: A face ashen with grief.

ash·en² (ăsh'ən)
adj.
Of, relating to, or made from the wood of the ash tree.

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