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

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noun

Etymology: perhaps from Ming, Chin. dynasty (1368-1644) — more at ming

1. : a dwarfed evergreen conifer grown in a container or pot

2. : an artificial plant patterned after bonsai and made by wiring or otherwise attaching flattened pads of prostrate alpine buckwheat (Eriogonum ovalifolium) left natural gray, dyed, or painted to one or more twiggy branches usually of manzanita — called also Peruvian cypress

3.

a. : bonsai

b. : an ornamental arrangement patterned after the bonsai

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/ming/

1. any of various trees or shrubs used in bonsai arrangements, esp. when shaped to have flat-topped, asymmetrical branches.

2. an artificial tree created with plant material, wire, etc., to resemble such a bonsai tree.

[1945-50; perh. named after MING]

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Ming tree,

1. a dwarfed tree; bonsai.

2. an imitation of a dwarf tree made by gluing several gnarled branches or twigs together into the form of a windswept tree, often decorated with moss or lichens.

╂[probably < Ming]