Christmas tree

noun

1. tall timber tree of central and southern Europe having a regular crown and grey bark

• Syn: ↑European silver fir, ↑Abies alba

• Hypernyms: ↑silver fir

2. medium to tall fir of western North America having a conic crown and branches in tiers; leaves smell of orange when crushed

• Syn: ↑amabilis fir, ↑white fir, ↑Pacific silver fir, ↑red silver fir, ↑Abies amabilis

• Hypernyms: ↑silver fir

3. Australian tree or shrub with red flowers; often used in Christmas decoration

• Syn: ↑Christmas bush, ↑Ceratopetalum gummiferum

• Hypernyms: ↑tree

• Member Holonyms: ↑Ceratopetalum, ↑genus Ceratopetalum

4. a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses

• Syn: ↑flame tree, ↑fire tree, ↑Nuytsia floribunda

• Hypernyms: ↑parasitic plant

• Member Holonyms: ↑Nuytsia, ↑genus Nuytsia

5. an ornamented evergreen used as a Christmas decoration

• Hypernyms: ↑decoration, ↑ornament, ↑ornamentation

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noun, pl ⋯ trees [count]

: an evergreen tree that is decorated in people's houses at Christmastime

We hung the lights on the Christmas tree.

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ˈChristmas tree [Christmas tree] noun

an ↑evergreen tree, or an artificial tree that looks similar, that people cover with decorations and coloured lights and have in their homes or outside at Christmas