| rice-paper tree |
a small Asian tree or shrub related to the ginseng, having pithy stems used in making rice paper. |
| sandbox tree |
a tropical American tree with a spiny trunk and woody seed capsules that burst noisily when ripe. |
| tree fern |
any of various, mostly tropical ferns that grow as large as trees and have a woody, trunklike stem with large, divided fronds at the top. |
| tree frog |
any of various small frogs that live in trees and have long toes with adhesive disks at the tip that aid in climbing. |
| tree house |
a structure built within the branches of a tree for children to play in. |
| tree lawn |
a strip of grass and often trees between a sidewalk and a roadway. |
| tree line |
the limit of northern or southern latitude beyond which trees do not grow to their normal height. [2 definitions] |
| tree of heaven |
an Asian shade tree, widely cultivated in the United States, that has compound leaves and unpleasant-smelling flowers. |
| tree of knowledge |
according to the Old Testament, the tree whose forbidden fruit gave Adam and Eve the knowledge of good and evil, and caused their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. |
| tree of life |
in the Bible, a tree in the Garden of Eden bearing fruit that would confer immortality to one who ate it. [3 definitions] |
| tree ring |
the layer of wood made by a tree during a single year; annual ring. It is possible to figure out the age of a tree that has fallen or has been cut down by counting its rings. |
| tree squirrel |
any squirrel that lives in trees, such as the gray squirrel. |
| tree surgery |
the treatment of diseased and damaged trees, as by removing limbs, filling cavities, and dressing wounds in the bark. |
| tree toad |
see "tree frog." |
| tulip tree |
a North American tree, related to magnolias, that bears tuliplike flowers and has wood that is used in furniture. |
| tung tree |
any of several Asian trees whose seeds yield tung oil. |
| umbrella tree |
an American magnolia, having umbrella-shaped clusters of leaves and bearing red fruit and white flowers with an unpleasant odor. [2 definitions] |