staff-tree — staffˈ tree noun Any of various American shrubs and climbing plants of the family Celastraceae (staffˈ tree family) incl bittersweet and burning bush • • • Main Entry: ↑staff … Useful english dictionary
staff-tree — [staf′trē΄] n. any of a genus (Celastrus) of shrubby, usually climbing, plants of the staff tree family, growing in Asia, Australia, and North America, including bittersweet adj. designating a family (Celastraceae, order Celastrales) of widely… … Universalium
staff-tree — [staf′trē΄] n. any of a genus (Celastrus) of shrubby, usually climbing, plants of the staff tree family, growing in Asia, Australia, and North America, including bittersweet adj. designating a family (Celastraceae, order Celastrales) of widely… … English World dictionary
staff tree — noun Date: circa 1633 any of a genus (Celastrus of the family Celastraceae, the staff tree family) of mostly twining shrubby plants including the common bittersweet … New Collegiate Dictionary
spindle-tree family — noun trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having bright colored fruits • Syn: ↑Celastraceae, ↑family Celastraceae, ↑staff tree family • Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
family Celastraceae — noun trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having bright colored fruits • Syn: ↑Celastraceae, ↑spindle tree family, ↑staff tree family • Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
dicot family — noun family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination • Syn: ↑magnoliopsid family • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑magnoliid dicot family, ↑hamamelid dicot family, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
magnoliopsid family — noun family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination • Syn: ↑dicot family • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑magnoliid dicot family, ↑hamamelid dicot family, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
spindle tree — noun Date: 1548 any of various often evergreen shrubs, small trees, or vines (genus Euonymus) of the staff tree family … New Collegiate Dictionary
Family Feud — infobox television show name = Family Feud caption = The current logo of Family Feud (2007 Present). format = Game show runtime = One half hour (including commercials): ABC (1976–1985) CBS (1988–1992) Syndication (1977 1985; 1988 1995; 1999… … Wikipedia
