Addison's disease () A morbid condition causing a peculiar brownish discoloration of the skin, and thought, at one time, to be due to disease of the suprarenal capsules (two flat triangular bodies covering the upper part of the kidneys), but now known not to be dependent upon this causes exclusively. It is usually fatal. |
Amber tree () A species of Anthospermum, a shrub with evergreen leaves, which, when bruised, emit a fragrant odor. |
Basedow's disease () A disease characterized by enlargement of the thyroid gland, prominence of the eyeballs, and inordinate action of the heart |
Bay tree () A species of laurel. (Laurus nobilis). |
Beam tree () A tree (Pyrus aria) related to the apple. |
Beech tree () The beech. |
Blight (v. t.) To affect with blight |
Blight (v. t.) Hence: To destroy the happiness of |
Blight (v. i.) To be affected by blight |
Blight (n.) Mildew |
Blight (n.) The act of blighting, or the state of being blighted |
Blight (n.) That which frustrates one's plans or withers one's hopes |
Blight (n.) A downy species of aphis, or plant louse, destructive to fruit trees, infesting both the roots and branches |
Blight (n.) A rashlike eruption on the human skin. |
Bo tree () The peepul tree |
Bright's disease () An affection of the kidneys, usually inflammatory in character, and distinguished by the occurrence of albumin and renal casts in the urine. Several varieties of Bright's disease are now recognized, differing in the part of the kidney involved, and in the intensity and course of the morbid process. |
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. |
Disease (n.) Lack of ease |
Disease (n.) An alteration in the state of the body or of some of its organs, interrupting or disturbing the performance of the vital functions, and causing or threatening pain and weakness |
Disease (v. t.) To deprive of ease |
Disease (v. t.) To derange the vital functions of |
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). |
Graves' disease () Same as Basedow's disease. |
Hep tree () The wild dog-rose. |
Hip tree () The dog-rose. |
Hodgkin's disease () A morbid condition characterized by progressive anaemia and enlargement of the lymphatic glands |
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. |
Meniere's disease () A disease characterized by deafness and vertigo, resulting in incoordination of movement. It is supposed to depend upon a morbid condition of the semicircular canals of the internal ear. Named after Meniere, a French physician. |
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. |
Pott's disease () Caries of the vertebrae, frequently resulting in curvature of the spine and paralysis of the lower extremities |
Quicken tree () The European rowan tree |
surveillance of disease | the ongoing systematic collection and analysis of data about an infectious disease that can lead to action being taken to control or prevent the disease |
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 |
Borrelia burgdorferi Lime disease spirochete | cause of Lyme disease, transmitted primarily by ticks of genus Ixodes |
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 |
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 |
tree cricket | pale arboreal American cricket noted for loud stridulation |
snowy tree cricket Oecanthus fultoni | pale yellowish tree cricket widely distributed in North America |
woolly apple aphid American blight Eriosoma lanigerum | primarily a bark feeder on aerial parts and roots of apple and other trees |
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 |
tin pest tin disease tin plague | the transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures |
genealogy family tree | successive generations of kin |
Center for Disease Control and Prevention CDC | a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services, located in Atlanta, investigates and diagnoses and tries to control or prevent diseases (especially new and unusual diseases) |
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 |
European silver fir Christmas tree Abies alba | tall timber tree of central and southern Europe having a regular crown and grey bark |
cedar cedar tree true cedar | any cedar of the genus Cedrus |
hemlock hemlock tree | an evergreen tree |
cedar cedar tree | any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars |