dwarfed tree
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tree — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. plant, sapling, scrub, shrub, bush; timber; whiffletree; stake; gibbet, gallows; family tree, pedigree, lineage. See vegetable, ancestry. II (Roget s IV) n. Common types of trees include: ash, elm,… … English dictionary for students
ming tree — noun 1. an artificial plant resembling a bonsai • Hypernyms: ↑bonsai 2. a dwarfed evergreen conifer or shrub shaped to have flat topped asymmetrical branches and grown in a container • Hypernyms: ↑bonsai * * * noun Etymology: perhaps from Ming,… … Useful english dictionary
India-rubber tree — noun large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant; source of Assam rubber • Syn: ↑India rubber plant, ↑India rubber fig, ↑rubber plant, ↑Assam rubber, ↑Ficus elastica • Hypernyms: ↑fig tree * * * … Useful english dictionary
ming tree — noun Etymology: perhaps from Ming Date: 1948 a dwarfed evergreen conifer grown as bonsai; also an artificial plant resembling this … New Collegiate Dictionary
pear — pearlike, adj. /pair/, n. 1. the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family. 2. the tree itself. [bef. 1000; ME pe(e)re, OE peru < LL pira, fem. sing. use of pl … Universalium
bonsai — /bon suy , zuy , bohn , bon suy, zuy, bohn /, n., pl. bonsai. 1. a tree or shrub that has been dwarfed, as by pruning the roots and pinching, and is grown in a pot or other container and trained to produce a desired shape or effect. 2. the art or … Universalium
arctic — arctically, adv. /ahrk tik/ or, esp. for 7, /ahr tik/, adj. 1. (often cap.) of, pertaining to, or located at or near the North Pole: the arctic region. 2. coming from the North Pole or the arctic region: an arctic wind. 3. characteristic of the… … Universalium
plant — plantable, adj. plantless, adj. plantlike, adj. /plant, plahnt/, n. 1. any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that… … Universalium
Mango — This article is about the fruit. For other meanings of the word, see Mango (disambiguation). Australian Mango with its cross section … Wikipedia
gardening — /gahrd ning/, n. 1. the act of cultivating or tending a garden. 2. the work or art of a gardener. [1570 80; GARDEN + ING1] * * * Laying out and tending of a garden. Though palatial gardens existed in ancient times, small home gardens became… … Universalium
