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. |
Decision
(n.) Cutting off |
Decision
(n.) The act of deciding |
Decision
(n.) An account or report of a conclusion, especially of a legal adjudication or judicial determination of a question or cause |
Decision
(n.) The quality of being decided |
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. |
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). |
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 |
Tree
(n.) A mass of crystals, aggregated in arborescent forms, obtained by precipitation of a metal from solution. See Lead tree, under Lead. |
Tree
(v. t.) To drive to a tree |
Tree
(v. t.) To place upon a tree |
Water tree
() A climbing shrub (Tetracera alnifolia, / potatoria) of Western Africa, which pours out a watery sap from the freshly cut stems. |
Whitten tree
() Either of two shrubs (Viburnum Lantana, and V. Opulus), so called on account of their whitish branches. |
decision
determination conclusion | the act of making up your mind about something, the burden of decision was his, he drew his conclusions quickly |
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 |
judgment
judgement
judicial decision | (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it |
final judgment
final decision | a judgment disposing of the case before the court, after the judgment (or an appeal from it) is rendered all that remains is to enforce the judgment |
| Bakke decision | a ruling by the Supreme Court on affirmative action, the Court ruled in that medical schools are entitled to consider race as a factor in their admission policy |
| 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 |
| 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 |
decisiveness
decision | the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose, a man of unusual decisiveness |
decision making
deciding | the cognitive process of reaching a decision, a good executive must be good at decision making |
decision
determination
conclusion | a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration, a decision unfavorable to the opposition, his conclusion took the evidence into account, satisfied with the panel's determination |
| decision table | a table of all contingencies and the actions to be taken for each |
| 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 |
| decision | the outcome of a game or contest, the team dropped three decisions in a row |
| decision | (boxing) a victory won on points when no knockout has occurred, had little trouble in taking a unanimous decision over his opponent |
| split decision | a boxing decision in which the judges are not unanimous |
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 |
administrator
decision maker | someone who administers a business |
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 |