Adam's apple
() See under Adam. |
Amber tree
() A species of Anthospermum, a shrub with evergreen leaves, which, when bruised, emit a fragrant odor. |
Apple
(n.) The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus malus) cultivated in numberless varieties in the temperate zones. |
Apple
(n.) Any tree genus Pyrus which has the stalk sunken into the base of the fruit |
Apple
(n.) Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or supposed to resemble, the apple |
Apple
(n.) Anything round like an apple |
Apple
(v. i.) To grow like an apple |
Apple-faced
(a.) Having a round, broad face, like an apple. |
Apple-jack
(n.) Apple brandy. |
Apple-john
(n.) A kind of apple which by keeping becomes much withered |
Apple pie
() A pie made of apples (usually sliced or stewed) with spice and sugar. |
Apple-squire
(n.) A pimp |
Bay leaf
() See under 3d Bay. |
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 |
Brittle star
() Any species of ophiuran starfishes. See Ophiuroidea. |
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. |
Chess-apple
(n.) The wild service of Europe (Purus torminalis). |
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. |
Cream-fruit
(n.) A plant of Sierra Leone which yields a wholesome, creamy juice. |
Day-star
(n.) The morning star |
Day-star
(n.) The sun, as the orb of day. |
Dog Star
() Sirius, a star of the constellation Canis Major, or the Greater Dog, and the brightest star in the heavens |
Fir tree
() See Fir. |
Five-leaf
(n.) Cinquefoil |
Fruit
(v. t.) Whatever is produced for the nourishment or enjoyment of man or animals by the processes of vegetable growth, as corn, grass, cotton, flax, etc. |
Fruit
(v. t.) The pulpy, edible seed vessels of certain plants, especially those grown on branches above ground, as apples, oranges, grapes, melons, berries, etc. See 3. |
Fruit
(v. t.) The ripened ovary of a flowering plant, with its contents and whatever parts are consolidated with it. |
Fruit
(v. t.) The spore cases or conceptacles of flowerless plants, as of ferns, mosses, algae, etc., with the spores contained in them. |
Fruit
(v. t.) The produce of animals |
Fruit
(v. t.) That which is produced |
Fruit
(v. i.) To bear fruit. |
Fruit'y
(a.) Having the odor, taste, or appearance of fruit |
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). |
Golden
(a.) Made of gold |
Golden
(a.) Having the color of gold |
Golden
(a.) Very precious |
Golden-eye
(n.) A duck (Glaucionetta clangula), found in Northern Europe, Asia, and America. The American variety (var. Americana) is larger. Called whistler, garrot, gowdy, pied widgeon, whiteside, curre, and doucker. Barrow's golden-eye of America (G. Islandica) is less common. |
Golden-rod
(n.) A tall herb (Solidago Virga-aurea), bearing yellow flowers in a graceful elongated cluster. The name is common to all the species of the genus Solidago. |
Gourd tree
() A tree (the Crescentia Cujete, or calabash tree) of the West Indies and Central America. |
Grape fruit
() The shaddock. |
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. |
| golden parachute | giving top executives lucrative benefits that must be paid by the acquirer if they are discharged after a takeover |
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 |
| golden algae | algae having the pigments chlorophyll and carotene and xanthophyll |
golden shiner
Notemigonus crysoleucas | shiner of eastern North America having golden glints, sometimes also called `bream' |
| 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 |
yellow warbler
golden warbler
yellowbird Dendroica petechia | yellow-throated American wood warbler |
golden oriole
Oriolus oriolus | bright yellow songbird with black wings |
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 |
golden eagle
Aquila chrysaetos | large eagle of mountainous regions of the northern hemisphere having a golden-brown head and neck |
| 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 |
| leaf-nosed snake | any of various pale blotched snakes with a blunt snout of southwestern North America |
milk snake
house snake
milk adder
checkered adder
Lampropeltis triangulum | nonvenomous tan and brown king snake with an arrow-shaped occipital spot, southeastern ones have red stripes like coral snakes |
golden pheasant
Chrysolophus pictus | brightly colored crested pheasant of mountains of western and central Asia |
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 |
starnose mole
star-nosed mole
Condylura cristata | amphibious mole of eastern North America having pink fleshy tentacles around the nose |
| golden mole | mole of southern Africa having iridescent guard hairs mixed with the underfur |
| golden plover | plovers of Europe and America having the backs marked with golden-yellow spots |
| golden retriever | an English breed having a long silky golden coat |
fruit bat
megabat | large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit |
harpy harpy bat
tube-nosed bat
tube-nosed fruit bat | any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes |
leafnose bat
leaf-nosed bat | bat having a leaflike flap at the end of the nose, especially of the families Phyllostomatidae and Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae |
leaf beetle
chrysomelid | brightly colored beetle that feeds on plant leaves, larvae infest roots and stems |
fruit fly
pomace fly | any of numerous small insects whose larvae feed on fruits |
apple maggot
railroad worm
Rhagoletis pomonella | larvae bore into and feed on apples |
Mediterranean fruit fly
medfly
Ceratitis capitata | small black-and-white fly that damages citrus and other fruits by implanting eggs that hatch inside the fruit |
leaf miner
leaf-miner | any of various small moths or dipterous flies whose larvae burrow into and feed on leaf tissue especially of the family Gracilariidae |
birch leaf miner
Fenusa pusilla | small black sawfly native to Europe but established in eastern United States, larvae mine the leaves of birches causing serious defoliation |
| tree cricket | pale arboreal American cricket noted for loud stridulation |
snowy tree cricket
Oecanthus fultoni | pale yellowish tree cricket widely distributed in North America |
walking leaf
leaf insect | tropical insect having a flattened leaflike body, common in southern Asia and the East Indies |
leaf bug
plant bug | small brightolored insect that feeds on plant juices |
four-lined plant bug
four-lined leaf bug
Poecilocapsus lineatus | yellow or orange leaf bug with four black stripes down the back, widespread in central and eastern North America |
leaf-footed bug
leaf-foot bug | large sap-sucking bug with leaflike expansions on the legs |
apple aphid
green apple aphid
Aphis pomi | bright green aphid, feeds on and causes curling of apple leaves |
woolly apple aphid
American blight
Eriosoma lanigerum | primarily a bark feeder on aerial parts and roots of apple and other trees |
pine leaf aphid
Pineus pinifoliae | a variety of adelgid |
| goldeneye golden-eyed fly | a variety of green lacewing |
leaf roller
leafoller | moth whose larvae form nests by rolling and tying leaves with spun silk |
starfish
sea star | echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a central disk |