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(Encyclopedia)pepper tree: see sumac.wayfaring tree
(Encyclopedia)wayfaring tree: see honeysuckle. ...big tree
(Encyclopedia)big tree: see sequoia.rowan tree
(Encyclopedia)rowan tree: see mountain ash.toothache tree
(Encyclopedia)toothache tree: see prickly ash. ...soapbark tree
(Encyclopedia)soapbark tree: see soap plant.dwarf tree
(Encyclopedia)dwarf tree, in horticultural practice, a tree artificially kept to a smaller size than is normal for average members of the species. This is usually accomplished either by limiting its root space and ...Tree, Ellen
(Encyclopedia)Tree, Ellen: see Kean, Edmund.rain tree
(Encyclopedia)rain tree, also called monkeypod, a large leguminous tropical tree (Albizia saman or Samanea saman) of tropical America belonging to the family Leguminosae (pulse family), the leaves of which fold tog...plane tree
(Encyclopedia)plane tree, sycamore, or buttonwood, any species of the genus Platanus, deciduous trees of most temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, exclusive of Africa. The hairy, dry, seedlike fruits are ...Browse by Subject
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