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• grass-tree

  n. 1) The name applied to treesof the genus Xanthorrhoea, N.O. Liliaceae, of whichthirteen species ...

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• Grass

  ·vi To produce grass. II. Grass ·noun The season of fresh grass; spring. III. Grass ·vt To cover w...

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• Grass

  1) Heb. hatsir, ripe grass fit for mowing (1 Kings 18:5; Job 40:15; Ps. 104:14). As the herbage rapi...

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• grass

  n. In Australia, as elsewhere, the name Grass is sometimes given to plants which are not of thenatu...

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• grass

  A vulgar contraction of sparrow-grass, i. e. asparagus. Further than this the force of corruption ca...

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• grass

  A term applied to vegetables in general. (See feed of grass.) ...

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• Tree

  ·noun Wood; timber. II. Tree ·noun A cross or gallows; as Tyburn tree. III. Tree ·vt To drive to a...

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• to tree

  To take refuge in a tree, said of a wild animal; to force to take refuge in a tree, drive to a tree,...

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• Aleppo grass

  ·add. ·- One of the cultivated forms of Andropogon Halepensis (syn. Sorghum Halepense). ·see <<Andro...

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• Alfa grass

  ·noun A plant (Macrochloa tenacissima) of North Africa; also, its fiber, used in paper making. ...

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• Arrow grass

  ·noun An herbaceous grasslike plant (Triglochin palustre, and other species) with pods opening so as...

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• Bent grass

  ·- ·same·as <<Bent>>, a kind of grass. ...

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• Bermuda grass

  ·- A kind of grass (Cynodon Dactylon) esteemed for pasture in the Southern United States. It is a na...

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• Blue grass

  ·- A species of grass (Poa compressa) with bluish green stems, valuable in thin gravelly soils; wire...

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• Brome grass

  ·- A genus (Bromus) of grasses, one species of which is the chess or cheat. ...

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• Bunch grass

  ·- A grass growing in bunches and affording pasture. In California, Atropis tenuifolia, Festuca scab...

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• Couch grass

  ·- ·see Quitch grass. ...

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• Doob grass

  ·- A perennial, creeping grass (Cynodon dactylon), highly prized, in Hindostan, as food for cattle, ...

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• Doub grass

  ·- Doob grass. ...

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• Flyaway grass

  ·add. ·- The hair grass (Agrostis scabra). So called from its light panicle, which is blown to great...

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• Gama grass

  ·- A species of grass (Tripsacum dactyloides) tall, stout, and exceedingly productive; cultivated in...

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• Grama grass

  ·- The name of several kinds of pasture grasses found in the Western United States, ·esp. the Boutel...

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• Grass-green

  ·adj Green with grass. II. Grass-green ·adj Of the color of grass; clear and vivid green. ...

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• Grass-grown

  ·adj Overgrown with grass; as, a grass-grown road. ...

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• Guatemala grass

  ·- ·see <<Teosinte>>. ...

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• Hair grass

  ·- A grass with very slender leaves or branches; as the Agrostis scabra, and several species of Aira...

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• Hard grass

  ·- A name given to several different grasses, especially to the Roltbollia incurvata, and to the spe...

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• Hariali grass

  ·- The East Indian name of the Cynodon Dactylon; dog's-grass. ...

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• Johnson grass

  ·- A tall perennial grass (Sorghum Halepense), valuable in the Southern and Western States for pastu...

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• Lyme grass

  ·- A coarse perennial grass of several species of Elymus, ·esp. E. Canadensis, and the European E. a...

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• Melic grass

  ·- A genus of grasses (Melica) of little agricultural importance. ...

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• Para grass

  ·add. ·- Piassaba fiber. II. Para grass ·- A valuable pasture grass (Panicum barbinode) introduced ...

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• Quack grass

  ·- ·see Quitch grass. ...

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• Quitch grass

  ·- A perennial grass (Agropyrum repens) having long running rootstalks, by which it spreads rapidly ...

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• Randall grass

  ·- The meadow fescue (Festuca elatior). ·see under <<Grass>>. ...

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• Ray grass

  ·- A perennial European grass (Lolium perenne); — called also rye grass, and red darnel. ·see <<Dar...

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• Scutch grass

  ·- A kind of pasture grass (Cynodon Dactylon). ·see Bermuda grass: also Illustration in Appendix. ...

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• Sea grass

  ·- <<Eelgrass>>. ...

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• Sisal grass

  ·- ·Alt. of Sisal hemp. ...

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• Squitch grass

  ·- Quitch grass. ...

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• Timothy grass

  ·- A kind of grass (Phleum pratense) with long cylindrical spikes; — called also herd's grass, in E...

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• Tussac grass

  ·- Tussock grass. ...

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• Twitch grass

  ·- ·see Quitch grass. ...

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• Water grass

  ·add. ·- Manna grass. II. Water grass ·add. ·- Velvet grass. III. Water grass ·add. ·- The water c...

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• bamboo-grass

  n. an Australian cane-like grass, Glyceria ramigera, F. v. M. ; also called CaneGrass. Largely used...

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• barcoo-grass

  n. an Australian grass, Anthistiria membranacea, Lindl. One of the best pasturegrasses in Queenslan...

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• bent-grass

  . n. See grass. 1835. Ross, `Hobart Town Almanack,' p. 65: «Agrostis virginica. Virginian Agrosti...

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• button-grass

  n. Schaenussphaerocephalus, Poiret, N.O. Cyperaceae. The grassis found covering barren boggy land i...

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• cane-grass

  n. i.q. bamboo-grass (q.v.). ...

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• cutting-grass

  n. Cladium psittacorum,Labill., N.O. Cyperaceae. It grows very long narrowblades whose thin rigid e...

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• fibrous grass

  n. a Tasmanian grass(see Grass), Stipa semiibarbata, R. Br., N.O. Gramineae. 1862. W. Archer, `Pro...

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• grass-bird

  n. In New Zealand, Sphenoeacus//sic. otherwhere Sphenaeacus GJC// punctatus, Gray, thesame as Fern-...

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• grass-parrakeet

  n. a bird of the genus Euphema. The Australian species are – – Blue-winged Parrakeet Euphema aurant...

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• kangaroo-grass

  n. a name given to severalspecies of grasses of the genera Anthistiria and Andropogon, chiefly from...

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• landsborough grass

  n. a valuable Queenslandfodder grass of a reddish colour, Anthistiriamembranacea, Lindl., N.O. Gram...

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• manna-grass

  See grass. ...

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• mitchell-grass

  n. an Australian grass, Astrebla elymoides, A. triticoides, F. v. M., N.O. Gramineae. Two other spe...

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• mulga-grass

  n. an Australian grass, Danthonia penicillata, F. v. M.; also Neurachnemitchelliana, Nees. See also...

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• nut-grass

  n. an Australian plant, Cyperus rotundus, Linn., N.O. Cyperaceae. The specific andthe vernacular na...

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• oat-grass

  n. Anthistiria avenacea,F. v. M., N.O. Gramineae. A species of Kangaroo-Grass (q.v.). See also Gras...

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• porcupine-grass

  n. the name given to certainspecies of Triodia, of which the more important are T. mitchelli, Benth...

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• snow-grass

  n. Poa caespitosa,G. Forst., another name for Wiry grass (q.v.).See also Grass. 1875. Wood and Lap...

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• spear-grass

  n. name given to several grasseswhose spear-like seeds spoil the wool of sheep, but which areyet ex...

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• sugar-grass

  n. an Australian grass, Erianthus fulvus, Kunth., N.O. Gramineae. 1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Nati...

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• sword-grass

  n. In New Zealand, Arundoconspicua; in Australia, Cladium psittacorum,Labill. It is not the same as...

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• tolmer's grass

  n. a fibrous plant, Lepidosperma gladiatum, Labill., N.O. Cyperaceae,suitable for manufacture of pa...

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• travellers' grass

  i.q. settler's twine (q.v.). ...

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• tussock-grass

  n. Tussock is an English wordfor a tuft of grass. From this a plant of the lily family, Lomandra lo...

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• umbrella-grass

  i.q. Native Millet, Panicumdecompositum, R. Br., N.O. Gramineae. See Millet. It is called Umbrella-g...

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• wallaby-grass

  n. an Australian grass, Danthonia penicillata, F. v. M., N.O. Gramineae. 1889. J. H. Maiden, `Usef...

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• wiry-grass

  and Wiry-grass See grass. 1883. E. M. Curr, `Recollections of Squatting in Victoria'(1841-1851), p...

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• wire-grass

  and Wiry-grass See grass. 1883. E. M. Curr, `Recollections of Squatting in Victoria'(1841-1851), p...

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• bent grass

  (Genus, agrostis.) The popular name in the Northern States for a common grass, sometimes called red-...

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• buffalo grass

  A species of short grass from two to four inches high, covering the boundless prairies on which the ...

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• cut-grass

  (Leersia oryzoides.) The common name of a species of grass, with leaves exceedingly rough backward, ...

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• eel-grass

  (Zostera marina.) A plant thrown ashore in large quantities by the sea. It is also called Sea-wrack....

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• guinea grass

  A species of grass cultivated in the West Indies, used as fodder for horses.--Carmichael's W. Indies...

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• sparrow grass

  A vulgar pronunciation of asparagus both in England and America. Hence the celebrated charade by a c...

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• timothy grass

  (Phleum pratense.) The common name for the Herd's Grass; said to be derived from Timothy Hanson, one...

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• toothache grass

  (Lat. monocera aromatica.) A singular kind of grass which grows in Florida, with a naked stalk four ...

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• goose-grass

  goose-tansy, argentina, or auscrina. N. ...

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• scrooby-grass

  scurvy-grass. N. ...

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• twitch-grass

  a long and rank sort of grass. North. ...

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• beach-grass

  ♦ Alga marina thrown up by the surf or tide. ...

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• combers, grass

  Men who volunteer from the plough-tail, and often prove valuable seamen. ...

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• eel-grass

  A name for the sea-wrack (Zostera marina); it is thrown ashore by the sea in large quantities. ...

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• grass-combers

  A galley-term for all those landsmen who enter the naval service from farming counties. Lord Exmouth...

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• Amber tree

  ·- A species of Anthospermum, a shrub with evergreen leaves, which, when bruised, emit a fragrant od...

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• Bay tree

  ·- A species of laurel. (Laurus nobilis). ...

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• Beam tree

  ·- A tree (Pyrus aria) related to the apple. ...

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• Beech tree

  ·- The <<Beech>>. ...

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• Bito tree

  ·add. ·- A small scrubby tree (Balanites Aegyptiaca) growing in dry regions of tropical Africa and A...

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• Bo tree

  ·- The peepul tree; ·esp., the very ancient tree standing at Anurajahpoora in Ceylon, grown from a s...

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• Bully tree

  ·- The name of several West Indian trees of the order Sapotaceae, as Dipholis nigra and species of S...

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• Candleberry tree

  ·- A shrub (the Myrica cerifera, or wax-bearing myrtle), common in North America, the little nuts of...

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• Caper tree

  ·- ·see <<Capper>>, a plant, 2. ...

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• Cow tree

  ·- A tree (Galactodendron utile or Brosimum Galactodendron) of South America, which yields, on incis...

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• Crab tree

  ·- ·see under <<Crab>>. ...

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• Fir tree

  ·- ·see <<Fir>>. ...

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• Fringe tree

  ·add. ·- A small oleaceous tree (Chionanthus virginica), of the southern United States, having clust...

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• Galapee tree

  ·- The West Indian Sciadophyllum Brownei, a tree with very large digitate leaves. ...

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• Gatten tree

  ·- A name given to the small trees called guelder-rose (Viburnum Opulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea),...

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• Genip tree

  ·add. ·- Any tree or shrub of the genus Genipa. II. Genip tree ·add. ·- The West Indian sapindaceou...

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• Gourd tree

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

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• Hep tree

  ·- The wild dog-rose. ...

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• Hip tree

  ·- The dog-rose. ...

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• Ironbark tree

  ·- The Australian Eucalyptus Sideroxylon, used largely by carpenters and shipbuilders; — called als...

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• Locust tree

  ·- A large North American tree of the genus Robinia (R. Pseudacacia), producing large slender raceme...

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• Mahwa tree

  ·- An East Indian sapotaceous tree (Bassia latifolia, and also B. butyracea), whose timber is used f...

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• Neem tree

  ·- An Asiatic name for Melia Azadirachta, and M. Azedarach. ·see <<Margosa>>. ...

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• Nickar tree

  ·- ·same·as Nicker nut, Nicker tree. ...

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• Nicker tree

  ·- The plant producing nicker nuts. ...

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• Ople tree

  ·- The witch-hazel. ...

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• Peepul tree

  ·- A sacred tree (Ficus religiosa) of the Buddhists, a kind of fig tree which attains great size and...

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• Pipal tree

  ·- ·same·as Peepul tree. ...

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• Pippul tree

  ·- ·same·as Peepul tree. ...

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• Plane tree

  ·- ·same·as 1st Plane. ...

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• Planer tree

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

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• Quicken tree

  ·- The European rowan tree; — called also quickbeam, and quickenbeam. ·see Rowan tree. ...

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• Rowan tree

  ·- A european tree (Pyrus aucuparia) related to the apple, but with pinnate leaves and flat corymbs ...

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• Shea tree

  ·- An African sapotaceous tree (Bassia, / Butyrospermum, Parkii), from the seeds of which a substanc...

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• Shittah tree

  ·noun A tree that furnished the precious wood of which the ark, tables, altars, boards, ·etc., of th...

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• Soapberry tree

  ·- Any tree of the genus Sapindus, ·esp. Sapindus saponaria, the fleshy part of whose fruit is used ...

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• Til tree

  ·- ·see <<Teil>>. II. Til tree ·add. ·- Var. of Teil tree. III. Til tree ·add. ·- An ill-smelling ...

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• Tree burial

  ·add. ·- Disposal of the dead by placing the corpse among the branches of a tree or in a hollow trun...

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• Tree calf

  ·add. ·- A bright brown polished calfskin binding of books, stained with a conventional treelike des...

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• Water tree

  ·- A climbing shrub (Tetracera alnifolia, / potatoria) of Western Africa, which pours out a watery s...

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• Weeping tree

  ·add. ·- Any tree having pendulous branches. II. Weeping tree ·add. ·- A tree from which honeydew o...

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• Whitten tree

  ·- Either of two shrubs (Viburnum Lantana, and V. Opulus), so called on account of their whitish bra...

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• Wicken tree

  ·- ·same·as Quicken tree. ...

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• Witch-tree

  ·noun The witch-hazel. ...

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• Bay tree

  Named only in Ps. 37:35, Authorized Version. The Hebrew word so rendered is ereh, which simply means...

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• Box-tree

  (Heb. teashshur), mentioned in Isa. 60:13; 41:19, was, according to some, a species of cedar growing...

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• Chestnut tree

  (Heb. 'armon; i.e., "naked"), mentioned in connection with Jacob's artifice regarding the cattle (Ge...

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• Oil-tree

  (Isa. 41:19; R.V. marg., "oleaster"), Heb. etz shemen, rendered "olive tree" in 1 Kings 6:23, 31, 32...

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• Olive-tree

  Is frequently mentioned in Scripture. The dove from the ark brought an olive-branch to Noah (Gen. 8:...

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• Palm tree

  (Heb. tamar), the date-palm characteristic of Palestine. It is described as "flourishing" (Ps. 92:12...

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• Pine tree

  Heb. tidhar, mentioned along with the fir-tree in Isa. 41:19; 60:13. This is probably the cypress; o...

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• Plane tree

  Heb. armon (Gen. 30:37; Ezek. 31:8), rendered "chesnut" in the Authorized Version, but correctly "pl...

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• Shittah-tree

  (Isa. 41:19; R.V., "acacia tree"). Shittah wood was employed in making the various parts of the tabe...

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• Sycamine tree

  Mentioned only in Luke 17:6. It is rendered by Luther "mulberry tree" (q.v.), which is most probably...

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• Teil tree

  (an old name for the lime-tree, the tilia), Isa. 6:13, the terebinth, or turpentine-tree, the Pistac...

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• Oak Tree

  A messuage so called in Watling Street, given to the parish of All Hallows, Bread Street (Strype, Ed...

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• gregorian tree

  The gallows: so named from Gregory Brandon, a famous finisher of the law; to whom Sir William Segar,...

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• bean-tree

  n. called also Moreton BayChestnut, Castanospermum australe, Cunn. and Fraser, N.O. Leguminosae; a ...

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• benjamin-tree

  n. also called Weeping Fig in Queensland, Ficus benjaminea, Linn., N.O. Urticaceae. ...

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• blood-tree

  See blood-wood ...

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• bottle-tree

  n. an Australian tree, variousspecies of Sterculia, i.q. Kurrajong (q.v.). Sonamed from its appearan...

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• box-tree

  See boxI ...

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• breadfruit-tree

  name given by the explorer Leichhardtto the Queensland tree, Gardenia edulis, F. v. M., N.O. Rubiace...

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• cabbage-tree

  n 1) Name given to various palmtrees of which the heart of the young leaves is eaten like thehead o...

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• caper-tree

  n. The Australian tree of this nameis Capparis nobilis, F. v. M., N.O. Capparideae.The Karum of the...

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• christmas-tree

  n. In Australia, it is the sameas Christmas-bush (q.v.). In New Zealand, it is Metrosideros tomento...

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• cider-tree

  or Cider-Gum, n. name givenin Tasmania to Eucalyptus gunnii, Hook., N.O. Myrtaceae. See Gum. 1830....

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• clover-tree

  n. a Tasmanian tree, called also Native Laburnun. See under Laburnum. ...

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• cordage-tree

  n. name given in Tasmania to a Kurrajong (q.v.). The name Sida pulchella hasbeen superseded by Plag...

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• cork-tree

  n. See bats-wing-coral. ...

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• cotton-tree

  n. an Australian tree, Hibiscusteliaceus, Linn., N.O. Malvaceae. 1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Nativ...

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• cow-tree

  n. a native tree of New Zealand.Maori name, Karaka (q.v.). 1860. G. Bennett, `Gatherings of a Natu...

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• crab-tree

  n. i.q. bitter-bark (q.v.). ...

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• daisy-tree

  n. two Tasmanian trees, Asturstellulatus, Lab., and A. glandulosus, Lab., N.O. Compositae. The latt...

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• fern-tree

  n. Name applied to variousspecies of ferns which grow to a large size, the stem in thefully grown p...

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• fig-tree

  n. The name is applied inAustralia to the following species: – – Blue Fig – – Elaeocarpus grandis, ...

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• fire-tree

  n. a tree of New Zealand; anothername for Pohutukawa (q.v.). For QueenslandFire-tree, see Tulip-tre...

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• flame-tree

  n. The name is given in India andelsewhere to several trees with bright scarlet, or crimson,flowers...

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• gooseberry-tree

  Little, n. name given to theAustralian tree Buchanania mangoides, F. v. M., N.O.Anacardiaceae. 1847...

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• gum-tree

  See gum ...

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• hat-tree

  n. name given to a species of Sterculia, the Bottle-trees (q.v.). ...

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• hielaman-tree

  n. another name for the Bats-wing Coral (q.v.), Erythrina vespertilio,Benth., N.O. Leguminosae. 18...

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• hollyhock-tree

  n. name given to Hibiscussplendens, Fraser, N.O. Malvaceae. ...

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• ivy-tree

  n. New Zealand tree, genus Panax, N.O. Araliacae; Maori name, Horoeka. It is also called Lancewood ...

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• leopard-tree

  n. an Australian tree, Flindersia maculosa (or Strezleckiana), F. v. M., N.O. Meliaceae; called als...

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• locust-tree

  of New Zealand. See kowhai. ...

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• medicine-tree

  i.q. horse-radish tree (q.v.). ...

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• milk-tree

  n. a New Zealand tree, Epicarpurus microphyllus, Raoul. 1873. `Catalogue of Vienna Exhibition': «...

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• mint-tree

  n. In Australia, the tree is Prostanthera lasiantha, Labill., N.O. Labiateae. ...

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• musk-tree

  n. The name is applied to Marleavitiense, Benth., N.O. Cornaceae, with edible nuts,which is not end...

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• nettle-tree

  n. Two species of Laportea, N.O. Urticaceae, large scrub-trees, arecalled by this name – – Giant Ne...

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• scrub-tree

  n. any tree that grows in the scrub. 1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 219: «Almost ...

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• spotted-tree

  Same as leopard-tree (q.v.). 1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 216: «Spotted or Leopa...

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• stinging-tree

  n. a Queensland namefor the Giant Nettle, or Nettle-tree (q.v.) 1890. A. J. Vogan, `The Black Poli...

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• sycamore tree

  See laurel. In New SouthWales, the name is given to Brachyciton luridus,C. Moore, N.O. Sterculiaceae...

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• tamarind-tree

  name given to Diploglottiscunninghamii, Hook., N.O. Sapindaceae; called also Native Tamarind. «A tal...

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• tea-tree

  n. (Very frequently, buterroneously, spelt Ti-tree, and occasionally,more ridiculously still, Ti-tr...

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• ti-tree

  n. erroneous spelling of Tea-tree (q.v.). See also Manuka. ...

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• tree-creeper

  n. popular name applied tomembers of an old Linnaean genus of birds. The Australianspecies are enum...

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• tree-fern

  n. See fern-tree. ...

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• tree-kangaroo

  called Boongary (q.v.)by the aboriginals. See Dendrolagus and Kangaroo. ...

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• tree-runner

  n. another name for the Sittella (q.v.). The species are – – Black-capped Tree-Runner – – Sittella ...

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• tree-tit

  n. The word tit is terminallyapplied to many little English birds. In Australia,this new compound h...

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• tulip-tree

  n. The name is given,in Australia, to Stenocarpus cunninghamii, R. Br., N.O. Proteaceae, on account...

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• turpentine-tree

  n. The name is applied to manytrees in Australia yielding a resin, but especially to the treecalled...

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• umbrella-tree

  n. name given to Brassaiaactinophylla, Endl., N.O. Araliaceae, from the largeleaves being set, like...

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• water-tree

  n. a tree from which water isobtained by tapping the roots, Hakea leucoptera, R. Br., N.O. Proteace...

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• whalebone-tree

  n. i.q. mint-tree (q.v.). ...

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• yate-tree

  See yate ...

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• bladder-tree

  (genus straphylea). A handsome shrub, from six to ten feet high, remarkable for its large inflated c...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• swingle-tree

  crooked pieces of wood, put to the traces of ploughs, &c. to keep them open. North. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• wiggin-tree

  the mountain-ash. North. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose