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Arbor vitae
unknown · 78% connection
An evergreen tree of the cypress tribe, genus Thuja. The American species is the T. occidentalis.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: platanus, occidentalis, american, plane, tree.
Ball
verb · 78% connection
To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls; as, the horse balls; the snow balls.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: platanus, occidentalis, american, plane, tree.
Ballot
noun · 78% connection
The act of voting by balls or written or printed ballots or tickets; the system of voting secretly by balls or by tickets.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: platanus, occidentalis, american, plane, tree.
Billiards
noun · 78% connection
A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to impel his ball w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: platanus, occidentalis, american, plane, 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: platanus, occidentalis, american, plane, tree.
Buttonbush
noun · 78% connection
A shrub (Cephalanthus occidentalis) growing by the waterside; -- so called from its globular head of flowers. See Capitulum.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: platanus, occidentalis, american, plane, tree.
Carom
noun · 78% connection
A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: platanus, occidentalis, american, plane, 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: platanus, occidentalis, american, plane, tree.
Dextrin
noun · 78% connection
A translucent, gummy, amorphous substance, nearly tasteless and odorless, used as a substitute for gum, for sizing, etc., and obtained…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: platanus, occidentalis, american, plane, tree.
Hackberry
noun · 78% connection
A genus of trees (Celtis) related to the elm, but bearing drupes with scanty, but often edible, pulp. C. occidentalis is common in the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: platanus, occidentalis, american, plane, tree.
Hairy
adjective · 78% connection
Bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; hirsute.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: platanus, occidentalis, american, plane, tree.
Hickory
noun · 78% connection
An American tree of the genus Carya, of which there are several species. The shagbark is the C. alba, and has a very rough bark; it af…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: platanus, occidentalis, american, plane, tree.
Hyperbola
noun · 78% connection
A curve formed by a section of a cone, when the cutting plane makes a greater angle with the base than the side of the cone makes. It…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: platanus, occidentalis, american, plane, tree.
Large
superl. · 78% connection
Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; gre…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: platanus, occidentalis, american, plane, tree.
Lobster
noun · 78% connection
Any large macrurous crustacean used as food, esp. those of the genus Homarus; as the American lobster (H. Americanus), and the Europea…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: platanus, occidentalis, american, plane, tree.
Locust tree
unknown · 78% connection
A large North American tree of the genus Robinia (R. Pseudacacia), producing large slender racemes of white, fragrant, papilionaceous…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: platanus, occidentalis, american, plane, tree.
Maple
noun · 78% connection
A tree of the genus Acer, including about fifty species. A. saccharinum is the rock maple, or sugar maple, from the sap of which sugar…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: platanus, occidentalis, american, plane, tree.
Margosa
noun · 78% connection
A large tree of genus Melia (M. Azadirachta) found in India. Its bark is bitter, and used as a tonic. A valuable oil is expressed from…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: platanus, occidentalis, american, plane, tree.
