branches (noun)
1tree house — noun a playhouse built in the branches of a tree • Hypernyms: ↑playhouse, ↑wendy house * * * noun : a dwelling or playhouse built among the branches of a tree * * * a small house, esp. one for children to play in, built or placed up in the… …
2winged elm — noun North American elm having twigs and young branches with prominent corky projections • Syn: ↑wing elm, ↑Ulmus alata • Hypernyms: ↑elm, ↑elm tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Ulmus, ↑genus Ulmus …
3black knot — noun disease of plum and cherry trees characterized by black excrescences on the branches • Hypernyms: ↑plant disease * * * noun 1. : a destructive disease of plum and cherry trees characterized by black excrescences on the branches and caused by …
4joint resolution — noun a resolution passed by both houses of Congress which becomes legally binding when signed by the Chief Executive (or passed over the Chief Executive s veto) (Freq. 4) • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Regions: ↑United States, ↑United States of …
5ming 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 * * * noun Etymology: perhaps from Ming,… …
6pin oak — noun 1. fast growing medium to large pyramidal deciduous tree of northeastern United States and southeastern Canada having deeply pinnatifid leaves that turn bright red in autumn; thrives in damp soil • Syn: ↑swamp oak, ↑Quercus palustris •… …
7white birch — noun European birch with dull white to pale brown bark and somewhat drooping hairy branches • Syn: ↑downy birch, ↑Betula pubescens • Hypernyms: ↑birch, ↑birch tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Betula, ↑ …
8lowland fir — noun lofty fir of the Pacific coast of northwestern America having long curving branches and deep green leaves • Syn: ↑lowland white fir, ↑giant fir, ↑grand fir, ↑Abies grandis • Hypernyms: ↑silver fir * * * noun …
9pink disease — noun serious bark disease of many tropical crop trees (coffee, citrus, rubber); branches have a covering of pink hyphae • Hypernyms: ↑plant disease * * * noun 1. : a serious bark disease of rubber, cacao, citrus …
10red osier — noun 1. common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers • Syn: ↑red osier dogwood, ↑red dogwood, ↑American dogwood, ↑redbrush, ↑Cornus stolonifera • Hypernyms: ↑dogwood, ↑dogwoo …
