Amber tree () A species of Anthospermum, a shrub with evergreen leaves, which, when bruised, emit a fragrant odor. |
Bay tree () A species of laurel. (Laurus nobilis). |
Beam tree () A tree (Pyrus aria) related to the apple. |
Beech tree () The beech. |
Bo tree () The peepul tree |
Bully tree () The name of several West Indian trees of the order Sapotaceae, as Dipholis nigra and species of Sapota and Mimusops. Most of them yield a substance closely resembling gutta-percha. |
Candleberry tree () 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 |
Caper tree () See Capper, a plant, 2. |
Cow tree () A tree (Galactodendron utile or Brosimum Galactodendron) of South America, which yields, on incision, a nourishing fluid, resembling milk. |
Crab tree () See under Crab. |
Fir tree () See Fir. |
Galapee tree () The West Indian Sciadophyllum Brownei, a tree with very large digitate leaves. |
Gatten tree () A name given to the small trees called guelder-rose (Viburnum Opulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea), and spindle tree (Euonymus Europaeus). |
Gourd tree () A tree (the Crescentia Cujete, or calabash tree) of the West Indies and Central America. |
Grass tree () 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. |
Grass tree () A similar Australian plant (Kingia australis). |
Hep tree () The wild dog-rose. |
Hip tree () The dog-rose. |
Ironbark tree () The Australian Eucalyptus Sideroxylon, used largely by carpenters and shipbuilders |
Locust tree () 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. |
Mahwa tree () 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. |
Neem tree () An Asiatic name for Melia Azadirachta, and M. Azedarach. See Margosa. |
Nickar tree () Same as Nicker nut, Nicker tree. |
Nicker tree () The plant producing nicker nuts. |
Ople tree () The witch-hazel. |
Peepul tree () A sacred tree (Ficus religiosa) of the Buddhists, a kind of fig tree which attains great size and venerable age. See Bo tree. |
Pipal tree () Same as Peepul tree. |
Pippul tree () Same as Peepul tree. |
Planer tree () A small-leaved North American tree (Planera aquatica) related to the elm, but having a wingless, nutlike fruit. |
Plane tree () Same as 1st Plane. |
Quail (v. i.) To die |
Quail (v. i.) To become quelled |
Quail (v. t.) To cause to fail in spirit or power |
Quail (v. i.) To curdle |
Quail (n.) Any gallinaceous bird belonging to Coturnix and several allied genera of the Old World, especially the common European quail (C. communis), the rain quail (C. Coromandelica) of India, the stubble quail (C. pectoralis), and the Australian swamp quail (Synoicus australis). |
Quail (n.) Any one of several American partridges belonging to Colinus, Callipepla, and allied genera, especially the bobwhite (called Virginia quail, and Maryland quail), and the California quail (Calipepla Californica). |
Quail (n.) Any one of numerous species of Turnix and allied genera, native of the Old World, as the Australian painted quail (Turnix varius). See Turnix. |
Quail (n.) A prostitute |
Quicken tree () The European rowan tree |
Rowan tree () 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). |
Sea quail () The turnstone. |
Shea tree () An African sapotaceous tree (Bassia, / Butyrospermum, Parkii), from the seeds of which a substance resembling butter is obtained |
Shittah tree (n.) A tree that furnished the precious wood of which the ark, tables, altars, boards, etc., of the Jewish tabernacle were made |
Soapberry tree () Any tree of the genus Sapindus, esp. Sapindus saponaria, the fleshy part of whose fruit is used instead of soap in washing linen |
Til tree () See Teil. |
Tree (n.) Any perennial woody plant of considerable size (usually over twenty feet high) and growing with a single trunk. |
Tree (n.) Something constructed in the form of, or considered as resembling, a tree, consisting of a stem, or stock, and branches |
Tree (n.) A piece of timber, or something commonly made of timber |
Tree (n.) A cross or gallows |
Tree (n.) Wood |
arboriculture tree farming | the cultivation of tree for the production of timber |
tree surgery | treatment of damaged or decaying trees |
arborolatry tree-worship | the worship of trees |
tree sparrow Spizella arborea | finch common in winter in the northern U.S. |
tree sparrow Passer montanus | Eurasian sparrow smaller than the house sparrow |
woodhewer woodcreeper woodreeper tree creeper | any of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers |
creeper tree creeper | 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 |
tree swallow tree martin Hirundo nigricans | of Australia and Polynesia, nests in tree cavities |
white-bellied swallow tree swallow Iridoprocne bicolor | bluish-green-and-white North American swallow, nests in tree cavities |
tree frog tree-frog | any of various Old World arboreal frogs distinguished from true frogs by adhesive suckers on the toes |
tree toad tree frog tree-frog | arboreal amphibians usually having adhesive disks at the tip of each toe, of southeast Asia and Australia and America |
Pacific tree toad Hyla regilla | the most commonly heard frog on the Pacific coast of America |
chameleon tree frog | a form of tree toad |
tree lizard Urosaurus ornatus | a climbing lizard of western United States and northern Mexico |
bobwhite bobwhite quail partridge | a popular North American game bird, named for its call |
Old World quail | small game bird with a rounded body and small tail |
migratory quail Coturnix coturnix Coturnix communis | the typical Old World quail |
quail | small gallinaceous game birds |
California quail Lofortyx californicus | plump chunky bird of coastal California and Oregon |
mountain quail mountain partridge Oreortyx picta palmeri | California partridge, slightly larger than the California quail |
tree swift crested swift | birds of southeast Asia and East Indies differing from true swifts in having upright crests and nesting in trees |
tree wallaby tree kangaroo | arboreal wallabies of New Guinea and northern Australia having hind and forelegs of similar length |
button quail button-quail bustard quail hemipode | small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe, classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains |
striped button quail Turnix sylvatica | a variety of button quail having stripes |
tree cricket | pale arboreal American cricket noted for loud stridulation |
snowy tree cricket Oecanthus fultoni | pale yellowish tree cricket widely distributed in North America |
tree squirrel | any typical arboreal squirrel |
sloth tree sloth | 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 |
tree shrew | insectivorous arboreal mammal of southeast Asia that resembles a squirrel with large eyes and long sharp snout |
pentail pen-tail pen-tailed tree shrew | brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed with long stiff hairs on the distal third, of Malaysia |
Christmas tree | an ornamented evergreen used as a Christmas decoration |
clothes tree coat tree coat stand | an upright pole with pegs or hooks on which to hang clothing |
crucifix rood rood-tree | representation of the cross on which Jesus died |
gallows tree gallows-tree gibbet gallous | alternative terms for gallows |
tree house | a playhouse built in the branches of a tree |
fruit of the poisonous tree | a rule that once primary evidence is determined to have been illegally obtained any secondary evidence following from it may also not be used |
quail | flesh of quail, suitable for roasting or broiling if young, otherwise must be braised |
genealogy family tree | successive generations of kin |
timber line timberline tree line | line marking the upper limit of tree growth in mountains or northern latitudes |
Maine Pine Tree State ME | a state in New England |
tree farm | a forest (or part of a forest) where trees are grown for commercial use |
forester tree farmer arboriculturist | someone trained in forestry |
tree hugger | derogatory term for environmentalists who support restrictions on the logging industry and the preservation of forests |
tree surgeon arborist | a specialist in treating damaged trees |
Tree Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree | English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (-) |
pine pine tree true pine | a coniferous tree |
Swiss pine Swiss stone pine arolla pine cembra nut tree Pinus cembra | large five-needled European pine, yields cembra nuts and a resinous exudate |
larch larch tree | any of numerous conifers of the genus Larix all having deciduous needlelike leaves |
fir fir tree true fir | any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies, chiefly of upland areas |
amabilis fir white fir Pacific silver fir red silver fir Christmas tree Abies amabilis | medium to tall fir of western North America having a conic crown and branches in tiers, leaves smell of orange when crushed |