| quicken tree | <botany> The European rowan tree; called also quickbeam, and quickenbeam. See Rowan tree. Origin: Probably from quick, and first applied to the aspen or some tree with quivering leaves; cf. G. Quickenbaum, quizenbaum, quitschenbaum. Cf. Quitch grass. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| ironbark tree | <botany> The Australian Eucalyptus Sideroxylon, used largely by carpenters and shipbuilders. Synonym: ironwood. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ople tree | The witch-hazel. Origin: L. Opulus a kind of maple tree. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| til tree | <botany> See Teil. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tree | <botany> A woody plant at least 5 metres high, with a main stem the lower part of which is usually unbranched. (19 Jan 1998) |
| tree measurement sale | A type of timber sale contract in which the buyer and seller argree upon the volume at the time of the sale. (05 Dec 1998) |
| fir tree | See Fir. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| locust tree | <botany> 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 Hymenaea, 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. <botany> Honey locust tree, a small swamp tree (Gleditschia monosperma), of the Southern United States. Origin: Etymol. Uncertain. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |