tree : Idioms & Phrases

• the sassafras, sometimes so called from the use of its root formerly, in cases of ague. Obs.

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• noun widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits; introduced in Jamaica by William Bligh
  Blighia sapida; akee.
  

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• noun north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant
  alder.
  

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• noun tropical American tree having small white flowers and aromatic berries
  Pimenta officinalis.
  
• noun aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries
  Pimenta dioica; allspice; allspice tree.
  

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• noun any of several small bushy trees having pink or white blossoms and usually bearing nuts
  

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• (Bot.), the tree bearing the almond.

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Am"ber tree`

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1. A species of Anthospermum, a shrub with evergreen leaves, which, when bruised, emit a fragrant odor.

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• noun small deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub of eastern United States
  Aralia spinosa; Hercules'-club; devil's walking stick.
  

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• (Bot.), the (Viburnum lantanoides).

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• noun West Indian tree bearing edible fruit resembling mango
  Grias cauliflora; anchovy pear.
  

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• a thorny North American shrub (Aralia spinosa), called also Hercules' club.

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• noun any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
  angiospermous tree.
  

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• noun any of several evergreen shrubs and small trees of the genus Illicium
  

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• noun any tree of the genus Malus especially those bearing firm rounded edible fruits
  

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• a tree naturally bears apples. See Apple, 2.

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• noun Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach
  apricot.
  

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• noun any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus
  ash.
  

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• noun any of several Australian evergreen perennials having short thick woody stems crowned by a tuft of grasslike foliage and yielding acaroid resins
  Australian grass tree.
  
• noun stout Australian shrub with narrow leaves crowded at ends of branches and terminal clusters of white or pink flowers
  Richea dracophylla.
  

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• noun any of several tall Australian trees of the genus Laportea
  Australian nettle.
  

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• noun tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits
  Persea Americana; avocado.
  

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• noun a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber
  balata; Manilkara bidentata; balata tree; beefwood.
  

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• any tree from which balsam is obtained, esp. the Abies balsamea.

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• noun any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits
  banana.
  

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• noun East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks
  banyan; Indian banyan; banyan tree; banian tree; banian; Ficus bengalensis.
  

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• noun East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks
  banyan; Indian banyan; banyan tree; banian tree; banian; Ficus bengalensis.
  

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• noun small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors
  Laurus nobilis; true laurel; bay laurel; bay.
  

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Bay" tree`

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1. A species of laurel. (Laurus nobilis).

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• noun West Indian tree; source of bay rum
  Pimenta acris; Jamaica bayberry; bayberry; wild cinnamon.
  

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• noun small tree of West Indies and northeastern Venezuela having large oblong pointed leaflets and panicles of purple flowers; seeds are black or scarlet with black spots
  bead tree; Ormosia monosperma; jumby bean.
  

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• (Bot.), a tree of the genus Melia, the best known species of which (M. azedarach), has blue flowers which are very fragrant, and berries which are poisonous.

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Beam" tree`

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1. (Bot.) A tree (Pyrus aria) related to the apple.

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• noun any of several trees having seedpods as fruits
  

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• noun any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; north temperate regions
  beech.
  

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Beech" tree`

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1. The beech.

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• noun pantropical tree of usually seacoasts sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its rounded heart-shaped leaves and showy yellow and purple flowers; yields valuable pink to dark red close-grained wood and oil from its seeds
  Thespesia populnea; seaside mahoe; bendy tree.
  

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• noun extremely lofty evergreen of southern end of western foothills of Sierra Nevada in California; largest living organism
  Sequoia gigantea; Sierra redwood; giant sequoia; Sequoiadendron giganteum; Sequoia Wellingtonia.
  

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• noun small tree of southwestern United States having purplish-red fruit sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its large leaves
  Prunus mexicana.
  

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• noun any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark
  birch.
  

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• noun any of several small-fruited cherry trees frequented or fed on by birds
  bird cherry.
  

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• noun any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock
  sour orange; bigarade; bitter orange; marmalade orange; Seville orange; Citrus aurantium.
  

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• noun any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste
  

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• noun large North American wild cherry with round black sour edible fruit
  Prunus serotina; rum cherry; black cherry.
  

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• noun a showy tree fern of New Zealand and Australia having a crown of pinnated fronds with whitish undersides
  sago fern; Cyathea medullaris; black tree fern.
  

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• noun North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut
  black hickory; black walnut; Juglans nigra.
  

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• noun any of several hardwood trees yielding very dark-colored wood
  blackwood.
  

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• (Bot.), a genus of plants (Staphylea) with bladderlike seed pods.

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• noun deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers; yields a red juice and heavy strong durable wood
  Pterocarpus angolensis; kiaat.
  
• noun spiny shrub or small tree of Central America and West Indies having bipinnate leaves and racemes of small bright yellow flowers and yielding a hard brown or brownish-red heartwood used in preparing a black dye
  campeachy; Haematoxylum campechianum; bloodwood tree; logwood.
  

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• noun fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity; lacks the prop roots of the banyan; regarded as sacred by Buddhists
  bo tree; pipul; peepul; sacred fig; pipal; Ficus religiosa.
  

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Bo" tree`

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1. (Bot.) The peepul tree; esp., the very ancient tree standing at Anurajahpoora in Ceylon, grown from a slip of the tree under which Gautama is said to have received the heavenly light and so to have become Buddha.

   The sacred bo tree of the Buddhists (Ficus religiosa), which is planted close to every temple, and attracts almost as much veneration as the status of the god himself. . . . It differs from the banyan (Ficus Indica) by sending down no roots from its branches. Tennent.

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• noun tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosaries
  Caesalpinia bonduc; bonduc; Caesalpinia bonducella.
  

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• noun candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers
  Fouquieria columnaris; Idria columnaris; cirio.
  

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• noun an Australian tree of the genus Brachychiton
  bottle tree.
  

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• (Bot.), an Australian tree (Sterculia rupestris), with a bottle-shaped, or greatly swollen, trunk.

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• noun an Australian tree of the genus Brachychiton
  bottle tree.
  

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• the tree variety of the common box.

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• noun tall South American tree bearing brazil nuts
  brazil nut; Bertholletia excelsa.
  

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• noun small Brazilian evergreen resinous tree or shrub having dark green leaflets and white flowers followed by bright red fruit; used as a street tree and lawn specimen
  Schinus terebinthifolius.
  

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• noun South American shrub or small tree widely cultivated in the tropics; not a true potato
  Solanum macranthum; Solanum wrightii; Brazilian potato tree.
  

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• . See Breadfruit.

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• noun native to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a texture like bread
  Artocarpus communis; Artocarpus altilis; breadfruit.
  

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• noun prickly yellow-flowered shrub of the moors of New England and Europe
  Genista anglica; needle furze; petty whin.
  

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• noun tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers
  Cliftonia monophylla; titi.
  

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• . See Bully tree.

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• noun small tropical American tree bearing a bristly heart-shaped acid tropical fruit
  bullock's heart; Annona reticulata; bullock heart.
  

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• noun a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber
  balata; Manilkara bidentata; balata tree; beefwood.
  

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Bul"ly tree`

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1. (Bot.) The name of several West Indian trees of the order Sapotaceæ, as Dipholis nigra and species of Sapota and Mimusops. Most of them yield a substance closely resembling gutta-percha.

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• noun Australian conifer bearing two-inch seeds tasting like roasted chestnuts; among the aborigines the tree is hereditary property protected by law
  Araucaria bidwillii; bunya bunya.
  

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• (Bot.), a tree of the genus Bassia, the seeds of which yield a substance closely resembling butter. The butter tree of India is the B. butyracea; that of Africa is the Shea tree (B. Parkii). See Shea tree.

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• noun North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye
  Juglans cinerea; butternut; white walnut.
  

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• noun evergreen tree or shrub with fruit resembling buttons and yielding heavy hard compact wood
  button mangrove; Conocarpus erectus.
  

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• (Bot.), a genus of trees (Conocarpus), furnishing durable timber, mostly natives of the West Indies.

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• noun Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
  Livistona australis; cabbage palm.
  
• noun tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood; bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic
  Andira inermis; cabbage bark; cabbage tree.
  
• noun elegant tree having either a single trunk or a branching trunk each with terminal clusters of long narrow leaves and large panicles of fragrant white, yellow or red flowers; New Zealand
  Cordyline australis; cabbage tree.
  

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• a name given to palms having a terminal bud called a cabbage, as the Sabal Palmetto of the United States, and the Euterpe oleracea and Oreodoxa oleracea of the West Indies.

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• noun tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood; bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic
  Andira inermis; cabbage bark; cabbage tree.
  

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• noun tropical American tree producing cacao beans
  Theobroma cacao; cacao; cacao tree.
  

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• noun tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds
  calabash; Crescentia cujete.
  

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• . (Bot.), a tree of tropical America (Crescentia cujete), producing a large gourdike fruit, containing a purgative pulp. Its hard shell, after the removal of the pulp, is used for cups, bottles, etc. The African calabash tree is the baobab.

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• noun a fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit; bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves
  calabura; Muntingia calabura; silkwood; Jamaican cherry; silk wood.
  

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• noun Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood
  sassafras laurel; California olive; pepperwood; Umbellularia californica; California bay tree; California laurel; Oregon myrtle; mountain laurel.
  

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• noun tall branching subshrub of California and Mexico often cultivated for its silvery-blue foliage and large fragrant white flowers
  matilija poppy; Romneya coulteri.
  

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• noun large evergreen tree of warm regions whose aromatic wood yields camphor
  Cinnamomum camphora.
  

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• a large evergreen tree (Cinnamomum Camphora) with lax, smooth branches and shining triple-nerved lanceolate leaves, probably native in China, but now cultivated in most warm countries. Camphor is collected by a process of steaming the chips of the wood and subliming the product.

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Can"dle*ber`ry tree

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1. (Bot.) A shrub (the Myrica cerifera, or wax-bearing myrtle), common in North America, the little nuts of which are covered with a greenish white wax, which was formerly, used for hardening candles; -- also called bayberry tree, bayberry, or candleberry.

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• noun tropical tree of Florida and West Indies yielding edible fruit
  Pouteria campechiana nervosa; canistel.
  

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• noun deciduous tree of the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers having leathery leaves and fragrant yellow-white flowers; it yields a milky juice that is the chief source of commercial rubber
  Hevea brasiliensis; caoutchouc tree.
  

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• noun shrub or small tree of southern Florida to Central and South America
  Capparis flexuosa; bay-leaved caper.
  
• noun shrub of southern Florida to West Indies
  caper tree; Capparis cynophallophora.
  

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Ca"per bush`, Ca"per tree` (Also<

• Caper bush
• Caper tree

)

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1. See Capper, a plant, 2.

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• noun Mexican black cherry tree having edible fruit
  capulin; Prunus capuli.
  

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• noun East Indian tree bearing deeply ridged yellow-brown fruit
  Averrhoa carambola; carambola.
  

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• noun evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob
  algarroba; carob bean tree; Ceratonia siliqua; carob.
  

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• noun evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob
  algarroba; carob bean tree; Ceratonia siliqua; carob.
  

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• noun tropical American evergreen tree bearing kidney-shaped nuts that are edible only when roasted
  cashew; Anacardium occidentale.
  

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• noun Chinese tree with aromatic bark; yields a less desirable cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon
  cassia; Cinnamomum cassia.
  

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• noun any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars
  cedar.
  
• noun any cedar of the genus Cedrus
  cedar; true cedar.
  

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• noun massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss; source of the silky kapok fiber
  Ceiba pentandra; God tree; Bombay ceiba; kapok; silk-cotton tree; ceiba tree.
  

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• noun large five-needled European pine; yields cembra nuts and a resinous exudate
  Swiss pine; Swiss stone pine; Pinus cembra; arolla pine.
  

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• noun tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon
  Cinnamomum zeylanicum; cinnamon; Ceylon cinnamon.
  

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• noun a form of tree toad
  

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• . Same as Agnus castus.

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• noun East Indian tree with oily seeds yield chaulmoogra oil used to treat leprosy
  chaulmugra; Taraktagenos kurzii; Hydnocarpus kurzii; chaulmoogra; Taraktogenos kurzii.
  

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• noun small tropical American tree bearing round or oblong fruit
  cherimoya; Annona cherimola.
  

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• noun any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood
  cherry.
  

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• a tree that bears cherries.

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• noun exudation from trees of the Prunus genus; resembles gum arabic
  

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• noun any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur
  chestnut.
  

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• a tree that bears chestnuts.

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• noun evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans
  false dogwood; Sapindus saponaria; jaboncillo; chinaberry.
  
• noun tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree
  azedarach; azederach; China tree; Melia azederach; chinaberry; Melia azedarach; pride-of-India; Persian lilac.
  

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• noun tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree
  azedarach; azederach; China tree; Melia azederach; chinaberry; Melia azedarach; pride-of-India; Persian lilac.
  

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• noun similar to American angelica tree but less prickly; China
  Aralia stipulata; Chinese angelica.
  

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• noun small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained
  Japanese sumac; lacquer tree; Rhus verniciflua; Toxicodendron vernicifluum; Chinese lacquer tree; Japanese varnish tree; Japanese lacquer tree.
  

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• noun deciduous tree widely grown in southern United States as an ornamental for its handsome maplelike foliage and long racemes of yellow-green flowers followed by curious leaflike pods
  Firmiana simplex; Chinese parasol tree; Japanese varnish tree; Chinese parasol.
  

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• noun shrub with dark-green glossy foliage and solitary pale yellow flowers; northern China
  Caragana sinica.
  

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• noun handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having compound dark green leaves and profuse panicles of fragrant creamy-white flowers; China and Japan
  Chinese scholartree; Sophora japonica; Sophora sinensis; Chinese scholar tree.
  

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• noun tropical American tree producing cacao beans
  Theobroma cacao; cacao; cacao tree.
  

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• noun a common wild cherry of eastern North America having small bitter black berries favored by birds
  chokecherry; Prunus virginiana.
  

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• noun Australian tree or shrub with red flowers; often used in Christmas decoration
  Christmas bush; Ceratopetalum gummiferum.
  
• noun a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses
  Nuytsia floribunda; fire tree; Christmas tree.
  
• noun tall timber tree of central and southern Europe having a regular crown and grey bark
  European silver fir; Abies alba.
  
• noun medium to tall fir of western North America having a conic crown and branches in tiers; leaves smell of orange when crushed
  white fir; red silver fir; Abies amabilis; amabilis fir; Pacific silver fir.
  
• noun an ornamented evergreen used as a Christmas decoration
  

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• a small evergreen tree, set up indoors, to be decorated with bonbons, presents, etc., and illuminated on Christmas eve.

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• noun small tree of Ecuador and Peru having very large glossy leaves and large panicles of fragrant pink flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark
  Cinchona pubescens.
  

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• noun more aromatic and acidic than oranges
  citrange; Citroncirus webberi.
  

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• noun thorny evergreen small tree or shrub of India widely cultivated for its large lemonlike fruits that have thick warty rind
  Citrus medica; citron.
  

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• (Bot.), the tree which bears citrons. It was probably a native of northern India, and is now understood to be the typical form of Citrus Medica.

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• noun any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds
  citrus.
  

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• noun a variety of mandarin orange that is grown around the Mediterranean and in South Africa
  clementine.
  

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• noun an upright pole with pegs or hooks on which to hang clothing
  coat stand; clothes tree.
  

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• noun moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves
  clove; Syzygium aromaticum; Eugenia caryophyllatum; Eugenia aromaticum.
  

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• noun an upright pole with pegs or hooks on which to hang clothing
  coat stand; clothes tree.
  

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• noun small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit
  cocoa plum; icaco; coco plum; Chrysobalanus icaco.
  

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• noun tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics
  coconut; coco palm; coconut palm; Cocos nucifera; coco; cocoa palm.
  

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• noun any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans
  coffee.
  

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• noun small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered
  cry-baby tree; Erythrina crista-galli; common coral tree; ceibo.
  

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• noun Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit
  common fig; fig; Ficus carica.
  

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• noun small erect deciduous shrub having tough white wood and cathartic bark and fruit
  Euonymus europaeus.
  

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• noun any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones
  conifer.
  

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• noun deciduous shrub having racemes of deep red flowers and black-spotted red seeds
  Erythrina corallodendrum.
  

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• noun any of various shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Erythrina having trifoliate leaves and racemes of scarlet to coral red flowers and black seeds; cultivated as an ornamental
  erythrina.
  

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• (Bot.), a tropical, leguminous plant, of several species, with showy, scarlet blossoms and coral-red seeds. The best known is Erythrina Corallodendron.

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• noun deciduous tree of China and Manchuria having a turpentine aroma and handsome compound leaves turning yellow in autumn and deeply fissured corky bark
  Phellodendron amurense.
  
• noun prickly Australian coral tree having soft spongy wood
  Erythrina vespertilio.
  

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• (Bot.), the species of oak (Quercus Suber of Southern Europe) whose bark furnishes the cork of commerce.

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• noun very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light wood
  corkwood; Leitneria floridana.
  

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• noun a shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies; fruit is surrounded with white plumelike hairy tufts
  cotton-seed tree; groundsel bush; consumption weed; Baccharis halimifolia.
  

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Cow" tree`

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1. (Bot.) A tree (Galactodendron utile or Brosimum Galactodendron) of South America, which yields, on incision, a nourishing fluid, resembling milk.

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• the tree that bears crab applies.

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• noun deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries
  European cranberry bush; Viburnum opulus; guelder rose; European cranberrybush; crampbark.
  
• noun deciduous North American shrub or small tree having three-lobed leaves and red berries
  Viburnum trilobum; cranberry bush; highbush cranberry; American cranberry bush.
  

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• noun Australian tree having an agreeably acid fruit that resembles a gourd
  Adansonia gregorii; sour gourd.
  

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• noun small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered
  cry-baby tree; Erythrina crista-galli; common coral tree; ceibo.
  

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• noun small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered
  cry-baby tree; Erythrina crista-galli; common coral tree; ceibo.
  

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• noun American deciduous magnolia having large leaves and fruit like a small cucumber
  Magnolia acuminata.
  

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• .(a) A large ornamental or shade tree of the genus Magnolia (M. acuminata), so called from a slight resemblance of its young fruit to a small cucumber. (b) An East Indian plant (Averrhoa Bilimbi) which produces the fruit known as bilimbi.

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• noun any of several tropical American trees bearing fruit with soft edible pulp
  custard apple.
  

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• noun any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones
  cypress.
  

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• noun plum tree long cultivated for its edible fruit
  Prunus domestica insititia; damson plum.
  

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• (Bot.), the genus of palms which bear dates, of which common species is Phoenix dactylifera. See Illust.

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• a fir tree.

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• noun evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes; bark formerly used medicinally
  dita bark; Alstonia scholaris; dita.
  

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• (Bot.), the dogwood.

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• noun a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers
  dogwood; cornel.
  

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• . (a) The dogwood or Cornus . (b) A papilionaceous tree (Piscidia erythring) growing in Jamaica. It has narcotic properties; called also Jamaica dogwood.

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• (Bot.), a tree of Central America (Ochroma Lagopus), the seeds of which are enveloped in vegetable wool.

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• noun tall tree of the Canary Islands; source of dragon's blood
  Dracaena draco.
  

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• (Bot.), a West African liliaceous tree (Dracæna Draco), yielding one of the resins called dragon's blood. See Dracæna.

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• noun deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia
  drumstick tree; Cassia fistula; purging cassia; canafistula; canafistola; golden shower tree.
  

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• noun deciduous erect or spreading shrub with spiny branches and violet-purple flowers followed by orange-red berries; southeastern Europe to China
  Lycium barbarum; common matrimony vine; Lycium halimifolium.
  

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• noun tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind
  durion; durian; Durio zibethinus.
  

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• noun small erect deciduous tree with large leaves in coiled formations at branch tips
  Magnolia fraseri.
  

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• noun East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks
  banyan; Indian banyan; banyan tree; banian tree; banian; Ficus bengalensis.
  

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• noun tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork
  ebony; Diospyros ebenum.
  

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• . (Bot.) Same as Elder. Shak.

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• noun small tree or shrub of the southwestern United States having a spicy odor and odd-pinnate leaves and small clusters of white flowers
  Bursera microphylla.
  

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• noun any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees
  elm.
  

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• noun Eurasian walnut valued for its large edible nut and its hard richly figured wood; widely cultivated
  Persian walnut; Juglans regia; Circassian walnut; English walnut.
  

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• noun a tree of the genus Eucalyptus
  eucalyptus; eucalypt.
  

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• noun evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits
  olive; Olea europaea.
  

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• noun successive generations of kin
  genealogy.
  

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• noun any of several trees having leaves or bark used to allay fever or thought to indicate regions free of fever
  
• noun ornamental shrub or small tree of swampy areas in southwestern United States having large pink or white sepals and yielding Georgia bark for treating fever
  Georgia bark; Pinckneya pubens; bitter-bark.
  
• noun tall fast-growing timber tree with leaves containing a medicinal oil; young leaves are bluish
  blue gum; Eucalyptus globulus.
  
• noun African tree supposed to mark healthful regions
  Acacia xanthophloea.
  

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• noun any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature
  

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• (Bot.), any tree of the genus Ficus, but especially F. Carica which produces the fig of commerce.

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• noun any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas
  fir; true fir.
  

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Fir" tree`

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1. . See Fir.

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• noun a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses
  Nuytsia floribunda; fire tree; Christmas tree.
  

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• noun eastern Australian tree widely cultivated as a shade tree and for its glossy leaves and circular clusters of showy red to orange-scarlet flowers
  Stenocarpus sinuatus; firewheel tree.
  

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• noun tropical shrub or small tree having showy yellow to orange-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
  paradise flower; Poinciana pulcherrima; Caesalpinia pulcherrima; pride of barbados.
  

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• noun a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses
  Nuytsia floribunda; fire tree; Christmas tree.
  
• noun showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
  flamboyant; Poinciana regia; royal poinciana; peacock flower; Delonix regia.
  
• noun north Australian tree having white flowers and broad leaves
  Brachychiton australis; broad-leaved bottletree.
  
• noun south Australian tree having panicles of brilliant scarlet flowers
  flame durrajong; Sterculia acerifolia; Brachychiton acerifolius.
  
• noun tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery
  mimosa bush; Acacia farnesiana; scented wattle; huisache; sweet acacia; sweet wattle; cassie.
  

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• (Bot.), a tree with showy scarlet flowers, as the Rhododendron arboreum in India, and the Brachychiton acerifolium of Australia.

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• noun any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
  angiospermous tree.
  

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• a tree of the forest, especially a timber tree, as distinguished from a fruit tree.

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• noun any of various small decorative flowering trees or shrubs of the genus Chionanthus
  

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• (Bot.), a small tree (Chionanthus Virginica), growing in the Southern United States, and having snow-white flowers, with long pendulous petals.

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• noun a rule that once primary evidence is determined to have been illegally obtained any secondary evidence following from it may also not be used
  

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• noun tree bearing edible fruit
  

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• (Hort.), a tree cultivated for its edible fruit.

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Gal"a*pee` tree"

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1. (Bot.) The West Indian Sciadophyllum Brownei, a tree with very large digitate leaves.

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• the gallows.

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• noun alternative terms for gallows
  gallows tree; gallous; gibbet.
  

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• noun alternative terms for gallows
  gallows tree; gallous; gibbet.
  

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• noun low spreading tree of Indonesia yielding an orange to brown gum resin (gamboge) used as a pigment when powdered
  Garcinia hanburyi; Garcinia cambogia; Garcinia gummi-gutta.
  

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• a tree in Jamaica (Cratæva gynandra), bearing a fruit which has a strong scent of garlic, and a burning taste.

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Gat"ten tree`

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1. (Bot.) A name given to the small trees called guelder-rose (Viburnum Opulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea), and spindle tree (Euonymus Europæus).

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• a family lineage or genealogy drawn out under the form of a tree and its branches.

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• (Bot.), the doom palm; so called from the resemblance of its fruit to gingerbread. See Doom Palm.

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• (Bot.), a name given to several species of the verbenaceous genus Clerodendron, showy flowering shrubs of tropical regions.

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• noun massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss; source of the silky kapok fiber
  Ceiba pentandra; God tree; Bombay ceiba; kapok; silk-cotton tree; ceiba tree.
  

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• noun deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia
  drumstick tree; Cassia fistula; purging cassia; canafistula; canafistola; golden shower tree.
  

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• (Bot.), a shrub (Bosea Yervamora), a native of the Canary Isles.

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Gourd" tree"

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1. (Bot.) A tree (the Crescentia Cujete, or calabash tree) of the West Indies and Central America.

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• noun West Indian tree yielding a fine grade of green ebony
  granadillo; Brya ebenus.
  

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• noun elegant tree having either a single trunk or a branching trunk each with terminal clusters of long narrow leaves and large panicles of fragrant white, yellow or red flowers; New Zealand
  Cordyline australis; cabbage tree.
  
• noun any of several Australian evergreen perennials having short thick woody stems crowned by a tuft of grasslike foliage and yielding acaroid resins
  Australian grass tree.
  
• noun gaunt Tasmanian evergreen shrubby tree with slender tapering leaves 3 to 5 feet long
  Richea pandanifolia; grass tree.
  

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Grass" tree"

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1. (Bot.) (a) An Australian plant of the genus Xanthorrhoea, having a thick trunk crowned with a dense tuft of pendulous, grasslike leaves, from the center of which arises a long stem, bearing at its summit a dense flower spike looking somewhat like a large cat-tail. These plants are often called "blackboys" from the large trunks denuded and blackened by fire. They yield two kinds of fragrant resin, called Botany-bay gum, and Gum Acaroides. (b) A similar Australian plant (Kingia australis).

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• noun one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
  family Xanthorrhoeaceae; Xanthorrhoeaceae.
  

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• noun a shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies; fruit is surrounded with white plumelike hairy tufts
  cotton-seed tree; groundsel bush; consumption weed; Baccharis halimifolia.
  

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• noun any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum
  gum.
  

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• the name given to several trees in America and Australia : (a) The black gum (Nyssa multiflora), one of the largest trees of the Southern States, bearing a small blue fruit, the favorite food of the opossum. Most of the large trees become hollow. (b) A tree of the genus Eucalyptus. See Eucalpytus. (c) The sweet gum tree of the United States (Liquidambar styraciflua), a large and beautiful tree with pointedly lobed leaves and woody burlike fruit. It exudes an aromatic terebinthine juice.

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• noun one of several East Indian trees yielding gutta-percha
  
• noun one of several East Indian trees yielding gutta-percha
  Palaquium gutta.
  

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• noun any tree of the division Gymnospermophyta
  

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• noun small European cherry tree closely resembling the American chokecherry
  Prunus padus; European bird cherry; common bird cherry.
  

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• (Bot.), a lofty tree found in Mexico (Cheirostemon platanoides), having red flowers whose stamens unite in the form of a hand.

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• noun Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts
  hazel; Pomaderris apetala.
  

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• noun any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk
  hazel; hazelnut.
  

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• noun an evergreen tree
  hemlock.
  

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Hep" tree`

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Definitions

1. The wild dog-rose.

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• noun American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts
  hickory.
  

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• (Bot.), the dog-rose.

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• noun evergreen oak of southern Europe having leaves somewhat resembling those of holly; yields a hard wood
  holm oak; holly-leaved oak; evergreen oak; Quercus ilex.
  

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• (Bot.), a tree of the genus Gleditschia ) G. triacanthus), having pinnate leaves and strong branching thorns; so called from a sweet pulp found between the seeds in the pods. Called also simply honey locust.

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• (Bot.), a small West Indian tree (Melia sempervirens), of the Mahogany family.

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• (Bot.), a small American tree (Ptelia trifoliata), having broad, flattened fruit in large clusters, sometimes used as a substitute for hops.

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• . (Bot.) See Moringa.

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• noun tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit
  Annona diversifolia; ilama.
  

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• noun any of various tropical trees of the family Burseraceae yielding fragrant gums or resins that are burned as incense
  

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• the name of several balsamic trees of the genus Bursera (or Icica) mostly tropical American. The gum resin is used for incense. In Jamaica the Chrysobalanus Icaco, a tree related to the plums, is called incense tree.

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• noun large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant; source of Assam rubber
  Ficus elastica; rubber plant; India-rubber fig; India-rubber plant; Assam rubber.
  

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• (Bot.), any tree yielding caoutchouc, but especially the East Indian Ficus elastica, often cultivated for its large, shining, elliptical leaves.

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• noun small to medium-sized thorny tree of tropical Asia and northern Australia having dense clusters of scarlet or crimson flowers and black seeds
  Erythrina variegata; Erythrina Indica.
  

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• noun a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape
  iron-tree; iron tree; ironwood.
  

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• noun a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape
  iron-tree; iron tree; ironwood.
  

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I"ron*bark` tree`

Definitions

1. (Bot.) The Australian Eucalyptus Sideroxylon, used largely by carpenters and shipbuilders; -- called also ironwood.

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• noun handsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume; source of very heavy hardwood used for railroad ties
  Mesua ferrea; rose chestnut; ironwood.
  
• noun a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape
  iron-tree; iron tree; ironwood.
  
• noun medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America
  Eastern hop hornbeam; ironwood; Ostrya virginiana.
  

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• noun tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea
  kurchi; Holarrhena antidysenterica; Holarrhena pubescens; kurchee; conessi.
  

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• noun small evergreen tropical tree native to Brazil and West Indies but introduced into southern United States; grown in Brazil for its edible tough-skinned purple grapelike fruit that grows all along the branches
  jaboticaba; Myrciaria cauliflora.
  

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• . (Bot.) See 1st Jack, n.

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• noun East Indian tree cultivated for its immense edible fruit and seeds
  jackfruit; Artocarpus heterophyllus.
  

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• noun shrub of southern Florida to West Indies
  caper tree; Capparis cynophallophora.
  

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• noun deciduous clump-forming Asian shrub or small tree; adventive in the eastern United States
  Aralia elata.
  

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• noun small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained
  Japanese sumac; lacquer tree; Rhus verniciflua; Toxicodendron vernicifluum; Chinese lacquer tree; Japanese varnish tree; Japanese lacquer tree.
  

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• noun handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having compound dark green leaves and profuse panicles of fragrant creamy-white flowers; China and Japan
  Chinese scholartree; Sophora japonica; Sophora sinensis; Chinese scholar tree.
  

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• noun small tree of Japan having narrow pointed leaves and creamy-white flowers
  Syringa amurensis japonica; Syringa reticulata.
  

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• noun small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained
  Japanese sumac; lacquer tree; Rhus verniciflua; Toxicodendron vernicifluum; Chinese lacquer tree; Japanese varnish tree; Japanese lacquer tree.
  
• noun deciduous tree widely grown in southern United States as an ornamental for its handsome maplelike foliage and long racemes of yellow-green flowers followed by curious leaflike pods
  Firmiana simplex; Chinese parasol tree; Japanese varnish tree; Chinese parasol.
  

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• noun a large branched arborescent yucca of southwestern United States having short leaves and clustered greenish white flowers
  Yucca brevifolia.
  

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• noun small tree of the eastern Mediterranean having abundant purplish-red flowers growing on old wood directly from stems and appearing before the leaves: widely cultivated in mild regions; wood valuable for veneers
  Circis siliquastrum; Judas tree.
  

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• (Bot.), a leguminous tree of the genus Cercis, with pretty, rose-colored flowers in clusters along the branches. Judas is said to have hanged himself on a tree of this genus (C. Siliquastrum). C. Canadensis and C. occidentalis are the American species, and are called also redbud.

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• noun small tree of West Indies and northeastern Venezuela having large oblong pointed leaflets and panicles of purple flowers; seeds are black or scarlet with black spots
  bead tree; Ormosia monosperma; jumby bean.
  

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• noun rapidly growing deciduous tree of low mountainsides of China and Japan; grown as an ornamental for its dark blue-green candy-scented foliage that becomes yellow to scarlet in autumn
  Cercidiphyllum japonicum.
  

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• noun handsome tree of central and eastern North America having large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute
  bonduc; chicot; Gymnocladus dioica.
  

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• (Bot.), a tall North American tree (Gymnocladus Canadensis) with bipinnate leaves. It produces large woody pods containing a few seeds which have been used as a substitute for coffee. The timber is a very valuable.

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• noun a small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries; Sri Lanka and India
  kitambilla; Dovyalis hebecarpa; kitembilla; ketembilla; Ceylon gooseberry.
  

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• noun Brazilian tree yielding a handsome cabinet wood
  kingwood; Dalbergia cearensis.
  

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• noun fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago
  jaggery palm; kittul; wine palm; Caryota urens; kitul; toddy palm.
  

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• noun tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine; source of cola extract
  Cola acuminata; kola nut; goora nut; kola.
  

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• noun any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp
  cumquat; kumquat.
  

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• noun small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained
  Japanese sumac; lacquer tree; Rhus verniciflua; Toxicodendron vernicifluum; Chinese lacquer tree; Japanese varnish tree; Japanese lacquer tree.
  

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• noun tropical American tree; valued for its hard durable wood
  laurelwood; Calophyllum candidissimum.
  
• noun source of most of the lancewood of commerce
  lancewood; Oxandra lanceolata.
  

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• noun East Indian tree bearing an edible yellow berry
  langset; Lansium domesticum; langsat.
  

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• noun any of numerous conifers of the genus Larix all having deciduous needlelike leaves
  larch.
  

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• noun large deciduous shrub or tree of southeastern United States having huge leaves in dense false whorls and large creamy flowers tinged purple toward the base
  large-leaved magnolia; great-leaved macrophylla; Magnolia macrophylla.
  

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• noun small tree of southern United States having dark red heartwood
  red bay; Persea borbonia.
  

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• noun low scrubby tree of tropical and subtropical North America having white flowers tinged with yellow resembling mimosa and long flattened pods
  white popinac; Leucaena leucocephala; Leucaena glauca.
  

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• . (a) (Bot.) A West Indian name for the tropical, leguminous tree, Leucæna glauca; probably so called from the glaucous color of the foliage. (b) (Chem.) Lead crystallized in arborescent forms from a solution of some lead salt, as by suspending a strip of zinc in lead acetate.

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• noun a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit
  Citrus limon; lemon.
  

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• noun South African evergreen having hard tough wood
  Psychotria capensis; lemon-wood; lemon-wood tree; lemonwood.
  

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• noun South African evergreen having hard tough wood
  Psychotria capensis; lemon-wood; lemon-wood tree; lemonwood.
  
• noun source of a tough elastic wood
  dagame; Calycophyllum candidissimum.
  

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• noun broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers
  Pieris japonica; andromeda; Japanese andromeda.
  

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• noun any of various related trees bearing limes
  Citrus aurantifolia; lime.
  
• noun any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber
  linden; lime tree; basswood; lime.
  

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• noun any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber
  linden; lime tree; basswood; lime.
  

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• noun Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nephelium
  lichee; litchi; Litchi chinensis; Nephelium litchi.
  

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• (Bot.), a European shrub (Viburnum Lantana); so named from its tough and flexible stem.

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• (Bot.), a name of several West Indian trees, having more or less leathery foliage, but alike in no other respect; as Pisonia subcordata, Cordia alba, and Cupania glabra.

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• noun any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae
  locust.
  

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Lo"cust tree`

Etymology

Definitions

1. (Bot.) A large North American tree of the genus Robinia (R. Pseudacacia), producing large slender racemes of white, fragrant, papilionaceous flowers, and often cultivated as an ornamental tree. In England it is called acacia. ✍ The name is also applied to other trees of different genera, especially to those of the genus Hymenæa, of which H. Courbaril is a lofty, spreading tree of South America; also to the carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua), a tree growing in the Mediterranean region.

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• noun spiny shrub or small tree of Central America and West Indies having bipinnate leaves and racemes of small bright yellow flowers and yielding a hard brown or brownish-red heartwood used in preparing a black dye
  campeachy; Haematoxylum campechianum; bloodwood tree; logwood.
  

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• noun large evergreen tree of India and Burma whose leaves are silvery beneath
  Heritiera macrophylla.
  

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• noun evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan
  loquat; Japanese medlar; Japanese plum; Eriobotrya japonica.
  

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• noun shrubby deciduous tree of the Mediterranean region
  Ziziphus lotus.
  

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• noun small tree of the eastern Mediterranean having abundant purplish-red flowers growing on old wood directly from stems and appearing before the leaves: widely cultivated in mild regions; wood valuable for veneers
  Circis siliquastrum; Judas tree.
  

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• noun small Australian tree with racemes of pink flowers; widely cultivated (especially in Hawaii) for its sweet edible nuts
  Macadamia ternifolia; macadamia nut.
  

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• noun any tree of the genus Macadamia
  macadamia.
  

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• noun any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish
  mahogany.
  

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Mah"wa tree`

Definitions

1. (Bot.) An East Indian sapotaceous tree (Bassia latifolia, and also B. butyracea), whose timber is used for wagon wheels, and the flowers for food and in preparing an intoxicating drink. It is one of the butter trees. The oil, known as mahwa and yallah, is obtained from the kernels of the fruit.

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• . See Ginkgo.

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• noun deciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds; exists almost exclusively in cultivation especially as an ornamental street tree
  ginkgo; Ginkgo biloba; gingko.
  

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• noun tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind
  mamey; Mammea americana; mammee; mammee apple.
  

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• noun shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia
  mandarin; Citrus reticulata; mandarin orange.
  

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• noun large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval fruit
  mango; Mangifera indica.
  

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• (Bot.), an East Indian tree of the genus Mangifera (M. Indica), related to the cashew and the sumac. It grows to a large size, and produces the mango of commerce. It is now cultivated in tropical America.

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• noun East Indian tree with thick leathery leaves and edible fruit
  Garcinia mangostana; mangosteen.
  

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• noun Philippine tree similar to the breadfruit tree bearing edible fruit
  Artocarpus odoratissima; marang.
  

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• noun tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum
  sapote; Pouteria zapota; Calocarpum zapota; mammee.
  

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• (Bot.), a sapotaceous tree (Lucuma mammosa) of the West Indies and Tropical America. It has large obovate leaves and an egg-shaped fruit from three to five inches long, containing a pleasant-flavored pulp and a single large seed. The fruit is called marmalade, or natural marmalade, from its consistency and flavor.

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• noun an evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean region that is cultivated for its resin
  mastic; Pistacia lentiscus; lentisk.
  

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• noun small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples
  Mespilus germanica; medlar.
  

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• noun tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit
  papaya; pawpaw; papaia; Carica papaya; melon tree.
  

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• (Bot.), a tree yielding a milky juice, as the cow tree of South America (Brosimum Galactodendron), and the Euphorbia balsamifera of the Canaries, the milk of both of which is wholesome food.

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• noun an artificial plant resembling a bonsai
  
• noun a dwarfed evergreen conifer or shrub shaped to have flat-topped asymmetrical branches and grown in a container
  

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• noun common tropical American shrub or small tree with purplish fruit
  jocote; mombin; Spondias purpurea.
  

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• noun African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread
  Adansonia digitata; baobab.
  

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• noun any of several trees of the genus Morus having edible fruit that resembles the blackberry
  mulberry.
  

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• noun evergreen South American shrub naturalized in United States; occasionally responsible for poisoning livestock
  mustard tree; Nicotiana glauca.
  
• noun glabrous or pubescent evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Salvadora; twigs are fibrous and in some parts of the world are bound together in clusters and used as a toothbrush; shoots are used as camel fodder; plant ash provides salt
  mustard tree; Salvadora persica.
  

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• noun tree of eastern Africa and Asia yielding myrrh
  Commiphora myrrha.
  

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• noun trees and shrubs
  

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• noun a tree of the genus Ormosia having seeds used as beads
  

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• noun variety or mutation of the peach bearing fruit with smooth skin and (usually) yellow flesh
  Prunus persica nectarina; nectarine.
  

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• noun large semi-evergreen tree of the East Indies; trunk exudes a tenacious gum; bitter bark used as a tonic; seeds yield an aromatic oil; sometimes placed in genus Melia
  Melia Azadirachta; neem tree; margosa; Azadirachta indica; neem; arishth.
  

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Neem" tree`

Etymology

Definitions

1. (Bot.) An Asiatic name for Melia Azadirachta, and M. Azedarach. See Margosa.

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• noun any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits
  hackberry.
  

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Nick"er tree`

Definitions

1. (Bot.) The plant producing nicker nuts. Written also neckar tree and nickar tree.

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• noun large semi-evergreen tree of the East Indies; trunk exudes a tenacious gum; bitter bark used as a tonic; seeds yield an aromatic oil; sometimes placed in genus Melia
  Melia Azadirachta; neem tree; margosa; Azadirachta indica; neem; arishth.
  

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• noun any of several Old World tropical trees of the genus Parkia having heads of red or yellow flowers followed by pods usually containing edible seeds and pulp
  

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• noun tree bearing edible nuts
  

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• a tree that bears nuts.

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• noun East Indian shrub often cultivated for its hairy leaves and orange-red flowers
  Helicteres isora.
  

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• noun East Indian tree widely cultivated in the tropics for its aromatic seed; source of two spices: nutmeg and mace
  Myristica fragrans; nutmeg.
  

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• noun a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves
  oak.
  
  • great oaks grow from little acorns

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• . (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Ricinus (R. communis), from the seeds of which castor oil is obtained. (b) An Indian tree, the mahwa. See Mahwa. (c) The oil palm.

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• noun a tree of the genus Olea cultivated for its fruit
  

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• noun red luminescent mushroom of Europe
  Pleurotus phosphoreus.
  

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O"ple tree`

Etymology

Definitions

1. The witch-hazel. Obs. Ainsworth.

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• noun any citrus tree bearing oranges
  orange.
  

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• noun native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits
  apple; Malus pumila.
  

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• noun small East Indian tree having orchid-like flowers and hard dark wood
  Bauhinia variegata; mountain ebony.
  

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• noun evergreen shrub or tree of South Africa
  Acocanthera venenata; Acocanthera oppositifolia; bushman's poison.
  

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• (Bot.), a poisonous tree of Madagascar (Tanghinia, ∨ Cerbera, venenata). Persons suspected of crime are forced to eat the seeds of the plumlike fruit, and criminals are put to death by being pricked with a lance dipped in the juice of the seeds.

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• noun the most commonly heard frog on the Pacific coast of America
  Hyla regilla.
  

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• (Harness Making), a piece of wood or metal which gives rigidity and shape to a harness pad.

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• noun tall sparingly branched conical tree having large fragrant yellow flowers with white centers
  West Indian jasmine; Plumeria alba.
  
• noun frangipani of India having an erect habit and conical form; grown in temple gardens
  pagoda tree; Plumeria acutifolia.
  

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• noun any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves
  palm.
  

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• noun large erect shrub of Colombia having large odd-pinnate leaves with large leaflets and axillary racemes of fragrant yellow flowers
  Panama redwood; Platymiscium pinnatum.
  

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• noun large deciduous tree native to Panama and from which the country takes its name; having densely leafy crown and naked trunk
  Sterculia apetala.
  

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• noun small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit
  Asimina triloba; papaw; pawpaw.
  

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• noun tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit
  papaya; pawpaw; papaia; Carica papaya; melon tree.
  

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• noun deciduous tree of the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers having leathery leaves and fragrant yellow-white flowers; it yields a milky juice that is the chief source of commercial rubber
  Hevea brasiliensis; caoutchouc tree.
  

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• noun medium to large tree of tropical North and South America having odd-pinnate leaves and long panicles of small pale yellow flowers followed by scarlet fruits
  Simarouba glauca; bitterwood.
  

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• noun any plant of the genus Caragana having even-pinnate leaves and mostly yellow flowers followed by seeds in a linear pod
  caragana.
  

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• (Bot.), the name of several leguminous shrubs of the genus Caragana, natives of Siberia and China.

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• noun cultivated in temperate regions
  Prunus persica; peach.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the larva of a clearwing moth (Ægeria, ∨ Sannina, exitiosa) of the family Ægeriidæ, which is very destructive to peach trees by boring in the wood, usually near the ground; also, the moth itself. See Illust. under Borer.

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• noun Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties
  pear; Pyrus communis.
  

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• noun tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts
  Carya illinoensis; pecan; Carya illinoinsis.
  

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Pee"pul tree`

Etymology

Definitions

1. (Bot.) A sacred tree (Ficus religiosa) of the Buddhists, a kind of fig tree which attains great size and venerable age. See Bo tree. Written also pippul tree, and pipal tree.

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• noun brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed with long stiff hairs on the distal third; of Malaysia
  pen-tail; pentail.
  

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• noun any of several junipers with wood suitable for making pencils
  pencil cedar.
  

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• noun small Peruvian evergreen with broad rounded head and slender pendant branches with attractive clusters of greenish flowers followed by clusters of rose-pink fruits
  pepper tree; molle; Schinus molle.
  
• noun small African deciduous tree with spreading crown having leaves clustered toward ends of branches and clusters of creamy flowers resembling lilacs
  Kirkia wilmsii.
  

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• (Bot.), an aromatic tree (Drimys axillaris) of the Magnolia family, common in New Zealand. See Peruvian mastic tree, under Mastic.

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• (Bot.), a name given to several Australian species of gum tree (Eucalyptus amygdalina, E. piperita, E. odorata, etc.) which have hard and durable wood, and yield an essential oil.

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• noun any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros
  persimmon.
  

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• noun small Peruvian evergreen with broad rounded head and slender pendant branches with attractive clusters of greenish flowers followed by clusters of rose-pink fruits
  pepper tree; molle; Schinus molle.
  

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• (Bot.), a small tree (Schinus Molle) with peppery red berries; called also pepper tree.

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• noun deciduous tree widely grown in southern United States as an ornamental for its handsome maplelike foliage and long racemes of yellow-green flowers followed by curious leaflike pods
  Firmiana simplex; Chinese parasol tree; Japanese varnish tree; Chinese parasol.
  

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• noun aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries
  Pimenta dioica; allspice; allspice tree.
  

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• noun a coniferous tree
  true pine; pine.
  

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• (Bot.), a tree of the genus Pinus; pine.

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• noun a state in New England
  ME; Maine.
  

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• money coined in Massachusetts in the seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a figure of a pine tree.

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• noun tropical American semi-evergreen tree having erect racemes of pink or rose-colored flowers; used as an ornamental
  horse cassia; pink shower; Cassia grandis.
  

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• noun fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity; lacks the prop roots of the banyan; regarded as sacred by Buddhists
  bo tree; pipul; peepul; sacred fig; pipal; Ficus religiosa.
  

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Pi"pal tree`

Definitions

1. Same as Peepul tree.

Webster 1913

• (Bot.), the lilac and the mock orange; so called because their were formerly used to make pipe stems; called also pipe privet.

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Pip"pul tree`

Definitions

1. Same as Peepul tree.

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• noun small tree of southern Europe and Asia Minor bearing small hard-shelled nuts
  pistachio; Pistacia vera.
  

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• noun any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits
  sycamore; platan.
  

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Plane" tree`

Definitions

1. (Bot.) Same as 1st Plane.

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• noun coextensive with the genus Platanus: plane trees
  family Platanaceae; Platanaceae.
  

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Plan"er tree`

Etymology

Definitions

1. (Bot.) A small-leaved North American tree (Planera aquatica) related to the elm, but having a wingless, nutlike fruit.

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• noun a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics
  plantain; Musa paradisiaca.
  

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• (Bot.), the treelike herb Musa paradisiaca. See def. 1 (above).

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• noun any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone
  plum.
  

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• noun hybrid produced by crossing Prunus domestica and Prunus armeniaca
  plumcot.
  

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• noun shrub or small tree native to southwestern Asia having large red many-seeded fruit
  Punica granatum; pomegranate.
  

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• noun southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits
  pummelo; Citrus maxima; Citrus decumana; pomelo; Citrus grandis; shaddock.
  

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• noun small evergreen tree of tropical America with edible fruit; used chiefly as grafting stock
  pond apple; Annona glabra.
  

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• noun any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins
  poplar.
  

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• noun pantropical tree of usually seacoasts sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its rounded heart-shaped leaves and showy yellow and purple flowers; yields valuable pink to dark red close-grained wood and oil from its seeds
  Thespesia populnea; seaside mahoe; bendy tree.
  

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• noun South American shrub or small tree widely cultivated in the tropics; not a true potato
  Solanum macranthum; Solanum wrightii; Brazilian potato tree.
  
• noun hardy climbing shrub of Chile grown as an ornamental for its fragrant flowers; not a true potato
  Solanum crispum.
  

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• . (Bot.) See Azedarach.

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• . (Bot.) (a) A tree of the genus Prunus (P. domestica), which produces prunes. (b) The West Indian tree, Prunus occidentalis.

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• noun deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia
  drumstick tree; Cassia fistula; purging cassia; canafistula; canafistola; golden shower tree.
  

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• noun East Indian fruit tree bearing fruit similar to but sweeter than that of the rambutan
  pulasan; pulassan; Nephelium mutabile.
  

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• a South African shrub (Portulacaria Afra) with many small opposite fleshy obovate leaves.

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• noun Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed
  Fusanus acuminatus; quandong; Eucarya acuminata; quandang.
  
• noun Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
  quandong; Elaeocarpus grandis; blue fig; quandong tree; Brisbane quandong.
  

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Quick"en tree`

Etymology

Definitions

1. (Bot.) The European rowan tree; -- called also quickbeam, and quickenbeam. See Rowan tree.

Webster 1913

• (Bot.), the small tree (Cydonia vulgaris) which produces the quince.

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• noun large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and seed pods that are eaten by cattle
  saman; monkey pod; zamang; monkeypod; zaman; Albizia saman.
  

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• (Bot.), the common red currant, whose fruit resembles the small raisins of Corinth called currants. Eng.

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• noun Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit
  rambotan; rambutan; Nephelium lappaceum.
  

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• (Bot.), a name given to eight Australian species of Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus amygdalina, resinifera, etc.) which yield a reddish gum resin. See Eucalyptus.

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• noun valuable Philippine timber tree
  red lauan; Shorea teysmanniana.
  

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• noun East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok
  Bombax malabarica; simal; Bombax ceiba.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the branched internal gill of certain holothurians.

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• noun deciduous New Zealand tree whose inner bark yields a strong fiber that resembles flax and is called New Zealand cotton
  Plagianthus regius; ribbonwood; Plagianthus betulinus.
  

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• . (Bot.) See Rowan tree.

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• the cross. Obs. "Died upon the rood tree." Gower.

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• noun representation of the cross on which Jesus died
  rood; crucifix.
  

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• noun tropical tree of the East Indies cultivated for its edible fruit
  rose apple; Eugenia jambos; jambosa.
  

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• noun any of those hardwood trees of the genus Dalbergia that yield rosewood--valuable cabinet woods of a dark red or purplish color streaked and variegated with black
  rosewood.
  

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• noun Eurasian tree with orange-red berrylike fruits
  rowan; Sorbus aucuparia; European mountain ash.
  

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Row"an tree`

Etymology

Definitions

1. (Bot.) A european tree (Pyrus aucuparia) related to the apple, but with pinnate leaves and flat corymbs of small white flowers followed by little bright red berries. Called also roan tree, and mountain ash. The name is also applied to two American trees of similar habit (Pyrus Americana, and P. sambucifolia).

Webster 1913

• noun small genus of South American trees yielding latex
  Hevea; genus Hevea.
  
  • rubber trees are usually cultivated in plantations

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• (Bot.), an East Indian tree (Antiaris saccidora) which is cut into lengths, and made into sacks by turning the bark inside out, and leaving a slice of the wood for a bottom.

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• noun spiny shrub of the Caspian salt plains and Siberia having elegant silvery, downy young foliage and mildly fragrant pink-purple blooms
  Halimodendron argenteum; Halimodendron halodendron.
  

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• (Bot.), a small leguminous tree (Halimodendron argenteum) growing in the salt plains of the Caspian region and in Siberia.

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• (Bot.), a tropical American tree (Hura crepitans). Its fruit is a depressed many-celled woody capsule which, when completely dry, bursts with a loud report and scatters the seeds. See Illust. of Regma.

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• noun parasitic tree of Indonesia and Malaysia having fragrant close-grained yellowish heartwood with insect repelling properties and used, e.g., for making chests
  true sandalwood; Santalum album.
  

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• noun large coniferous evergreen tree of North Africa and Spain having flattened branches and scalelike leaves yielding a hard fragrant wood; bark yields a resin used in varnishes
  sandarac; Tetraclinis articulata; Callitris quadrivalvis.
  

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• noun West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice
  calaba; Calophyllum calaba.
  

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• noun large tropical American evergreen yielding chicle gum and edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Achras
  Achras zapota; Manilkara zapota; sapodilla.
  

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• noun yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America
  Sassafras albidum; sassafras.
  

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• noun East Indian tree with valuable hard lustrous yellowish wood;
  Chloroxylon swietenia; satinwood.
  

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• noun a variety of mandarin orange
  satsuma.
  

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• noun a softwood tree with lax racemes of usually red or pink flowers; tropical Australia and Asia; naturalized in southern Florida and West Indies
  Sesbania grandiflora; vegetable hummingbird.
  

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• noun a tree or shrub of the genus Helicteres
  

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• (Bot.), any plant of the genus Helicteres, consisting of about thirty species of tropical shrubs, with simple leaves and spirally twisted, five-celled capsules; also called twisted-horn, and twisty.

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• noun medium-sized European tree resembling the rowan but bearing edible fruit
  service tree; sorb apple; Sorbus domestica.
  
• noun any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit
  Juneberry; shadblow; serviceberry; shadbush.
  

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• noun a tree planted or valued chiefly for its shade from sunlight
  

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• noun tree of Mexico to Guatemala having densely hairy flowers with long narrow petals clustered at ends of branches before leaves appear
  Pseudobombax ellipticum.
  

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She"a tree`

Definitions

1. (Bot.) An African sapotaceous tree (Bassia, ∨ Butyrospermum, Parkii), from the seeds of which a substance resembling butter is obtained; the African butter tree.

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• noun East Indian timber tree with hard durable wood used especially for tea boxes
  Acrocarpus fraxinifolius.
  

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• noun source of a wood mentioned frequently in the Bible; probably a species of genus Acacia
  shittah.
  

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Shit"tah, Shit"tah tree` noun (Also<

• Shittah
• Shittah tree

)

Etymology

Definitions

1. A tree that furnished the precious wood of which the ark, tables, altars, boards, etc., of the Jewish tabernacle were made; -- now believed to have been the wood of the Acacia Seyal, which is hard, fine grained, and yellowish brown in color.

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• noun large spiny shrub of eastern Asia having clusters of yellow flowers; often cultivated in shelterbelts and hedges
  Caragana arborescens.
  

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• (Bot.), a small leguminous tree (Cragana arborescens) with yellow flowers. It is a native of Siberia.

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• noun attractive domed or flat-topped Asiatic tree having bipinnate leaves and flowers with long silky stamens
  Albizzia julibrissin; Albizia julibrissin.
  

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• (Bot.), an Asiatic leguminous tree (Albizzia Julibrissin) with finely bipinnate leaves, and large flat pods; so called because of the abundant long silky stamens of its blossoms. Also called silk flower.

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• noun massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss; source of the silky kapok fiber
  Ceiba pentandra; God tree; Bombay ceiba; kapok; silk-cotton tree; ceiba tree.
  

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• (Bot.), a name for several tropical trees of the genera Bombax and Eriodendron, and belonging to the order Bombaceæ. The trees grow to an immense size, and have their seeds enveloped in a cottony substance, which is used for stuffing cushions, but can not be spun.

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• noun Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
  quandong; Elaeocarpus grandis; blue fig; quandong tree; Brisbane quandong.
  

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• noun small South African tree with long silvery silky foliage
  Leucadendron argenteum.
  
• noun Australian timber tree
  Tarrietia argyrodendron.
  

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• (Bot.), a South African tree (Leucadendron argenteum) with long, silvery, silky leaves.

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• noun a showy tree fern of New Zealand and Australia having a crown of pinnated fronds with whitish undersides
  sago fern; Cyathea medullaris; black tree fern.
  

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• noun medium-sized tree of West Virginia to Florida and Texas
  Halesia tetraptera; silverbell tree; Halesia carolina; silver-bell tree; opossum wood.
  

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• (Bot.), an American shrub or small tree (Halesia tetraptera) with white bell-shaped flowers in clusters or racemes; the snowdrop tree.

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• noun medium-sized tree of West Virginia to Florida and Texas
  Halesia tetraptera; silverbell tree; Halesia carolina; silver-bell tree; opossum wood.
  

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• noun English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917)
  Tree.
  

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• noun large spreading Old World tree having large leaves and globose clusters of greenish-yellow flowers and long seed pods that clatter in the wind
  Albizia lebbeck; siris; Albizzia lebbeck.
  

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• noun any of several shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Cotinus
  smoke bush.
  
• noun greyish-green shrub of desert regions of southwestern United States and Mexico having sparse foliage and terminal spikes of bluish violet flowers; locally important as source of a light-colored honey of excellent flavor
  Dalea spinosa.
  

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• (Bot.), a shrub (Rhus Cotinus) in which the flowers are mostly abortive and the panicles transformed into tangles of plumose pedicels looking like wreaths of smoke.

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• (Bot.), the Guelder-rose.

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• noun medium-sized tree of West Virginia to Florida and Texas
  Halesia tetraptera; silverbell tree; Halesia carolina; silver-bell tree; opossum wood.
  

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• . See Silver-bell tree, under Silver, a.

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• noun pale yellowish tree cricket widely distributed in North America
  Oecanthus fultoni.
  

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• noun tall arborescent yucca of southwestern United States
  Yucca elata; soap-weed; soapweed.
  

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• . (Bot.) Same as Soapberry tree.

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• noun a tree of the genus Sapindus whose fruit is rich in saponin
  soapberry.
  

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Soap"ber`ry tree`

Definitions

1. (Bot.) Any tree of the genus Sapindus, esp. Sapindus saponaria, the fleshy part of whose fruit is used instead of soap in washing linen; -- also called soap tree.

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• noun of Australia and Tasmania; often cultivated; hardy in cool climates
  Dicksonia antarctica.
  

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• noun medium-sized European tree resembling the rowan but bearing edible fruit
  service tree; sorb apple; Sorbus domestica.
  

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• the wild service tree.

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• noun deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leaves
  sourwood; Oxydendrum arboreum; titi.
  
• noun Australian tree with acid foliage
  Hibiscus heterophyllus.
  

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• (Bot.), a small ericaceous tree (Oxydendrum arboreum) whose leaves resemble those of the peach and have a sour taste. It is common along the Alleghanies. Called also sourwood.

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• noun large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
  Caryocar nuciferum; souari; souari nut.
  

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• noun rather small Eurasian tree producing red to black acid edible fruit
  Prunus cerasus; sour cherry.
  

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• noun small tropical American tree bearing large succulent slightly acid fruit
  soursop; prickly custard apple; Annona muricata.
  

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• noun tropical American tree yielding fragrant wood used especially for boxes
  Spanish cedar; Cedrela odorata.
  

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• noun tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp
  Melicocca bijuga; genip; Spanish lime; ginep; mamoncillo; Melicocca bijugatus; honey berry.
  

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• noun tree bearing aromatic bark or berries
  
• noun Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood
  sassafras laurel; California olive; pepperwood; Umbellularia californica; California bay tree; California laurel; Oregon myrtle; mountain laurel.
  

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• noun any shrubby trees or woody vines of the genus Euonymus having showy usually reddish berries
  spindle tree; spindleberry.
  

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• (Bot.), any shrub or tree of the genus Eunymus. The wood of E. Europæus was used for spindles and skewers. See Prickwood.

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• noun trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having bright-colored fruits
  Celastraceae; spindle-tree family; family Celastraceae.
  

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• noun any shrubby trees or woody vines of the genus Euonymus having showy usually reddish berries
  spindle tree; spindleberry.
  

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• (Bot.), a tropical leguminous tree (Acacia Farnesiana), with deliciously fragrant flowers, which are used in perfumery.

Webster 1913

• (Bot.), an Australian tree (Flindersia maculosa); so called because its bark falls off in spots.

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• noun any small tree or twining shrub of the genus Celastrus
  

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• (Bot.), any plant of the genus Celastrus, mostly climbing shrubs of the northern hemisphere. The American species (C. scandens) is commonly called bittersweet. See 2d Bittersweet, 3 (b).

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• noun trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having bright-colored fruits
  Celastraceae; spindle-tree family; family Celastraceae.
  

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• noun an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree
  strangler.
  

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• noun small evergreen European shrubby tree bearing many-seeded scarlet berries that are edible but bland; of Ireland, southern Europe, Asia Minor
  Arbutus unedo; Irish strawberry.
  

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• . (Bot.) See Arbutus.

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• . (Bot.) See Sugar maple, above.

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• noun a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap
  sweet gum; Liquidambar styraciflua; American sweet gum; red gum; bilsted.
  

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• noun probably native to southern China; widely cultivated as source of table and juice oranges
  Citrus sinensis; sweet orange.
  

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• noun tropical American tree bearing sweet pulpy fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds
  Annona squamosa; sweetsop.
  

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• (Bot.), a tree (Stillingia sebifera) growing in China, the seeds of which are covered with a substance which resembles tallow and is applied to the same purposes.

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• noun long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp
  tamarindo; tamarind; Tamarindus indica.
  

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• an East Indian tree (Tamarix orientalis) which produces an incrustation of salt.

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• noun hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange; cultivated especially in Florida
  ugli fruit; tangelo; Citrus tangelo.
  

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• noun a variety of mandarin orange
  tangerine.
  

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• . (Bot.) See the Note under Eucalyptus.

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• (Bot.), the tea plant of China. See Tea plant, above. In Australia and New Zealand, tea tree refers to a tree or tall shrib, Leptospermum scoparium, having white bell-shaped flowers. The leaves are used to prepare an infusion; an oil, tea tree oil, is also derived, and claimed to have therapeutic properties, as for healing burns of the skin.

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• noun large citrus tree having large sweet deep orange fruit that is easily peeled; widely cultivated in Florida
  temple orange; king orange; Citrus nobilis; tangor.
  

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• noun frangipani of India having an erect habit and conical form; grown in temple gardens
  pagoda tree; Plumeria acutifolia.
  

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• noun small palm of southern Florida and West Indies closely resembling the silvertop palmetto
  broom palm; silver thatch; thatch palm; Thrinax parviflora.
  

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Til" tree`

Definitions

1. (Bot.) See Teil.

Webster 1913

• noun any tree that is valued as a source of lumber or timber
  

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• a tree suitable for timber.

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• noun semi-evergreen South American tree with odd-pinnate leaves and golden yellow flowers cultivated as an ornamental
  yellow jacaranda; tipu; pride of Bolivia.
  

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• to make an incision or hole in a tree for the purpose of procuring the sap.

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• noun medium-sized tropical American tree yielding tolu balsam and a fragrant hard wood used for high-grade furniture and cabinetwork
  Myroxylon toluiferum; Myroxylon balsamum; tolu balsam tree.
  

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• noun medium-sized tropical American tree yielding tolu balsam and a fragrant hard wood used for high-grade furniture and cabinetwork
  Myroxylon toluiferum; Myroxylon balsamum; tolu balsam tree.
  

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• (Bot.), a large tree (Myroxylon toluiferum), the wood of which is red in the center, and has an aromatic rose odor. It affords the balsam called tolu.

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• noun tall tropical South American tree having pulpy egg-shaped pods of fragrant black almond-shaped seeds used for flavoring
  Dipteryx odorata; tonka bean; Coumarouna odorata.
  

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• noun small deciduous aromatic shrub (or tree) having spiny branches and yellowish flowers; eastern North America
  Zanthoxylum americanum; Zanthoxylum fraxineum; sea ash.
  

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• . (Bot.) (a) The prickly ash. (b) A shrub of the genus Aralia (A. spinosa).

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• noun glabrous or pubescent evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Salvadora; twigs are fibrous and in some parts of the world are bound together in clusters and used as a toothbrush; shoots are used as camel fodder; plant ash provides salt
  mustard tree; Salvadora persica.
  

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• noun rare small evergreen of northern Florida; its glossy green leaves have an unpleasant fetid smell when crushed
  stinking cedar; stinking yew; Torreya taxifolia.
  

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• (Bot.) the jack; so called because it furnishes a kind of birdlime. See 1st Jack.

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• noun giant treelike plant having edible nuts and leafstalks that yield a refreshing drink of clear watery sap; reputedly an emergency source of water for travelers
  traveler's tree; Ravenala madagascariensis; ravenala.
  

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• . (Bot.) See Ravenala.

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• noun giant treelike plant having edible nuts and leafstalks that yield a refreshing drink of clear watery sap; reputedly an emergency source of water for travelers
  traveler's tree; Ravenala madagascariensis; ravenala.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the raccoon. Local, U.S.

Webster 1913

• (Zoöl.) any one of numerous species of beetles which feed on the leaves of trees and shrubs, as the May beetles, the rose beetle, the rose chafer, and the goldsmith beetle.

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• noun any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree
  limb.
  

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• (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of hemipterous insects which live upon, and suck the sap of, trees and shrubs. They belong to Arma, Pentatoma, Rhaphigaster, and allied genera.

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• (Zool.), the common paradoxure (Paradoxurus musang).

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• noun small Central American tree having loose racemes of purple-tinted green flowers
  Bocconia frutescens; bocconia.
  

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• (Bot.), a tall kind of melilot (Melilotus alba). See Melilot.

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• noun a variety of club moss
  Lycopodium obscurum; ground fir; princess pine.
  

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• noun small bushy tree grown on islands of the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of the southern United States; yields cotton with unusually long silky fibers
  sea island cotton; Gossypium barbadense.
  
• noun East Indian shrub cultivated especially for ornament for its pale yellow to deep purple blossoms
  Gossypium arboreum.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the purse crab. See under Purse.

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• noun any of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feet
  creeper.
  
• noun any of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers
  woodhewer; wood-creeper; woodcreeper.
  

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• (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of arboreal creepers belonging to Certhia, Climacteris, and allied genera. See Creeper, 3.

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• noun pale arboreal American cricket noted for loud stridulation
  

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• (Zoöl.), a nearly white arboreal American cricket (Ecanthus niv&oe;us) which is noted for its loud stridulation; called also white cricket.

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• (Zoöl.), any one of several species of Old World crows belonging to Crypsirhina and allied genera, intermediate between the true crows and the jays. The tail is long, and the bill is curved and without a tooth.

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• noun a figure that branches from a single root
  tree.
  
  • genealogical tree

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• (Zoöl.) any one of several species of East Indian and Asiatic doves belonging to Macropygia and allied genera. They have long and broad tails, are chiefly arboreal in their habits, and feed mainly on fruit.

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• (Zoöl.), any one of several species of ducks belonging to Dendrocygna and allied genera. These ducks have a long and slender neck and a long hind toe. They are arboreal in their habits, and are found in the tropical parts of America, Africa, Asia, and Australia.

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• noun a forest (or part of a forest) where trees are grown for commercial use
  

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• noun someone trained in forestry
  forester; arboriculturist.
  

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• noun the cultivation of tree for the production of timber
  arboriculture.
  

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• noun any of numerous usually tropical ferns having a thick woody stem or caudex and a crown of large fronds; found especially in Australia and New Zealand; chiefly of the families Cyatheaceae and Marattiaceae but some from Polypodiaceae
  

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• (Bot.), an arborescent fern having a straight trunk, sometimes twenty or twenty-five feet high, or even higher, and bearing a cluster of fronds at the top. Most of the existing species are tropical.

Webster 1913

• (Zoöl.), a California market fish (Sebastichthys serriceps).

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• noun arboreal amphibians usually having adhesive disks at the tip of each toe; of southeast Asia and Australia and America
  tree toad; tree frog.
  
• noun any of various Old World arboreal frogs distinguished from true frogs by adhesive suckers on the toes
  tree frog.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) (a) Same as Tree toad. (b) Any one of numerous species of Old World frogs belonging to Chiromantis, Rhacophorus, and allied genera of the family Ranidæ. Their toes are furnished with suckers for adhesion. The flying frog (see under Flying) is an example.

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• noun erect deciduous shrub or tree to 10 feet with maroon flowers; New Zealand
  Fuchsia excorticata; native fuchsia; konini.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the bernicle goose.

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• noun gaunt Tasmanian evergreen shrubby tree with slender tapering leaves 3 to 5 feet long
  Richea pandanifolia; grass tree.
  
• noun evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes
  Erica arborea; briar; brier.
  

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• (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of small leaping hemipterous insects which live chiefly on the branches and twigs of trees, and injure them by sucking the sap. Many of them are very odd in shape, the prothorax being often prolonged upward or forward in the form of a spine or crest.

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• noun a playhouse built in the branches of a tree
  

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• noun derogatory term for environmentalists who support restrictions on the logging industry and the preservation of forests
  

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• (Zoöl.), a woodpecker. Obs.

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• noun arboreal wallabies of New Guinea and northern Australia having hind and forelegs of similar length
  tree kangaroo.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See Kangaroo.

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• (Zoöl.), the tree pipit. Prov. Eng.

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• noun line marking the upper limit of tree growth in mountains or northern latitudes
  timber line; timberline.
  

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• noun a climbing lizard of western United States and northern Mexico
  Urosaurus ornatus.
  

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• (Zoöl.), any one of a group of Old World arboreal lizards (Dendrosauria) comprising the chameleons.

Webster 1913

• . (Zoöl.) Same as Tree crab, above.

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• (Zoöl.), any aphid; a plant louse.

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• noun evergreen shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having showy yellow or blue flowers; naturalized in Australia
  Lupinus arboreus.
  

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• noun arborescent perennial shrub having palmately lobed furry leaves and showy red-purple flowers; southwestern United States
  velvet-leaf; velvetleaf; Lavatera arborea.
  

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• noun of Australia and Polynesia; nests in tree cavities
  tree martin; Hirundo nigricans.
  

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• . (Bot.) (a) Any moss or lichen growing on trees. (b) Any species of moss in the form of a miniature tree.

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• (Zoöl.), any one of several species of African mice of the subfamily Dendromyinæ. They have long claws and habitually live in trees.

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• a wood nymph. See Dryad.

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• a saddle frame.

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• noun deciduous rapidly growing tree of China with foliage like sumac and sweetish fetid flowers; widely planted in United States as a street tree because of its resistance to pollution
  tree of heaven; Ailanthus altissima.
  

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• (Bot.), an ornamental tree (Ailantus glandulosus) having long, handsome pinnate leaves, and greenish flowers of a disagreeable odor.

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• noun the biblical tree in the Garden of Eden whose forbidden fruit was tasted by Adam and Eve
  

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• (Bot.), a tree of the genus Thuja; arbor vitæ.

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• noun deciduous rapidly growing tree of China with foliage like sumac and sweetish fetid flowers; widely planted in United States as a street tree because of its resistance to pollution
  tree of heaven; Ailanthus altissima.
  

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• noun type of perennial onion grown chiefly as a curiosity or for early salad onions; having bulbils that replace the flowers
  Allium cepa viviparum; top onion; Egyptian onion.
  

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• (Bot.), a species of garlic (Allium proliferum) which produces bulbs in place of flowers, or among its flowers.

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• (Zoöl.), a small American oyster (Ostrea folium) which adheres to the roots of the mangrove tree; called also raccoon oyster.

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• (Zoöl.), any species of Asiatic birds of the genus Dendrocitta. The tree pies are allied to the magpie.

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• (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of longwinged arboreal pigeons native of Asia, Africa, and Australia, and belonging to Megaloprepia, Carpophaga, and allied genera.

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• . (Zoöl.) See under Pipit.

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• noun evergreen shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico often cultivated for its fragrant golden yellow flowers
  bush poppy.
  

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• (Zoöl.), any one of several species of Central and South American arboreal porcupines belonging to the genera Chætomys and Sphingurus. They have an elongated and somewhat prehensile tail, only four toes on the hind feet, and a body covered with short spines mixed with bristles. One South American species (S. villosus) is called also couiy; another (S. prehensilis) is called also c&oe;ndou.

Webster 1913

• (Zoöl.), any one of several species of large ratlike West Indian rodents belonging to the genera Capromys and Plagiodon. They are allied to the porcupines.

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• (Zoöl.), a tree snake.
• (Zoöl.), any species of African serpents belonging to the family Dendrophidæ.

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• noun insectivorous arboreal mammal of southeast Asia that resembles a squirrel with large eyes and long sharp snout
  

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• (Zoöl.), a bush shrike.

Webster 1913

• noun any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits
  sloth.