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Arboreal
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to a tree, or to trees; of nature of trees.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, trees, called, silkcotton, tree.
Banyan
noun · 78% connection
A tree of the same genus as the common fig, and called the Indian fig (Ficus Indica), whose branches send shoots to the ground, which…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, trees, called, silkcotton, tree.
Bo tree
unknown · 78% connection
The peepul tree; esp., the very ancient tree standing at Anurajahpoora in Ceylon, grown from a slip of the tree under which Gautama is…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, trees, called, silkcotton, tree.
Breadfruit
noun · 78% connection
The tree itself, which is one of considerable size, with large, lobed leaves. Cloth is made from the bark, and the timber is used for…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, trees, called, silkcotton, tree.
Buttonwood
noun · 78% connection
The Platanus occidentalis, or American plane tree, a large tree, producing rough balls, from which it is named; -- called also buttonb…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, trees, called, silkcotton, tree.
Catalpa
noun · 78% connection
A genus of American and East Indian trees, of which the best know species are the Catalpa bignonioides, a large, ornamental North Amer…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, trees, called, silkcotton, tree.
Dragon
noun · 78% connection
A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ri…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, trees, called, silkcotton, tree.
Elm
noun · 78% connection
any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, trees, called, silkcotton, tree.
Espalier
noun · 78% connection
A railing or trellis upon which fruit trees or shrubs are trained, as upon a wall; a tree or row of trees so trained.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, trees, called, silkcotton, tree.
Eugenia
noun · 78% connection
A genus of myrtaceous plants, mostly of tropical countries, and including several aromatic trees and shrubs, among which are the trees…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, trees, called, silkcotton, tree.
Frankincense
noun · 78% connection
A fragrant, aromatic resin, or gum resin, burned as an incense in religious rites or for medicinal fumigation. The best kinds now come…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, trees, called, silkcotton, tree.
Fraxinus
noun · 78% connection
A genus of deciduous forest trees, found in the north temperate zone, and including the true ash trees.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, trees, called, silkcotton, tree.
Graft
noun · 78% connection
A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, trees, called, silkcotton, tree.
Halesia
noun · 78% connection
A genus of American shrubs containing several species, called snowdrop trees, or silver-bell trees. They have showy, white flowers, dr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, trees, called, silkcotton, tree.
Hazel
noun · 78% connection
the fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, trees, called, silkcotton, tree.
Kangaroo
noun · 78% connection
Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the family Macropodidae. They inhabit Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, trees, called, silkcotton, tree.
Lauraceous
adjective · 78% connection
Belonging to, or resembling, a natural order (Lauraceae) of trees and shrubs having aromatic bark and foliage, and including the laure…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, trees, called, silkcotton, tree.
Laurus
noun · 78% connection
A genus of trees including, according to modern authors, only the true laurel (Laurus nobilis), and the larger L. Canariensis of Madei…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, trees, called, silkcotton, tree.
