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  • 41seed-lac — Lac Lac, n. [Per. lak; akin to Skr. l[=a]ksh[=a]: cf. F. lague, It. & NL. lacca. Cf. {Lake} a color, {Lacquer}, {Litmus}.] A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree, but to some extent on other trees, by the {Laccifer lacca}… …

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  • 42tree of heaven — an Asiatic tree, Ailanthus altissima, having large oblong leaves and rank smelling flowers, often planted as a shade tree. Also called stinkweed. [1835 45] * * * Rapid growing tree (Ailanthus altissima) in the quassia family (Simaroubaceae),… …

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  • 43tree fern — any of various ferns, mostly tropical and chiefly of the family Cyatheaceae, that attain the size of trees, sending up a straight trunklike stem with foliage at the summit. [1840 50] * * * Any of various ferns (especially those of the families… …

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  • 44Tree warbler — Taxobox name = Tree Warblers image width = 220px image caption = Several Hippolais species. regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Acrocephalidae genus = Hippolais genus authority = von Baldenstein, 1827 …

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  • 45groundsel tree — noun a shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies; fruit is surrounded with white plumelike hairy tufts • Syn: ↑groundsel bush, ↑consumption weed, ↑cotton seed tree, ↑Baccharis halimifolia • Hypernyms: ↑shrub …

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  • 46mother tree — noun : seed tree …

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  • 47To eat the seed corn — Seed Seed (s[=e]d), n.; pl. {Seed} or {Seeds}. [OE. seed, sed, AS. s[=ae]d, fr. s[=a]wan to sow; akin to D. zaad seed, G. saat, Icel. s[=a][eth], s[ae][eth]i, Goth. manas[=e][thorn]s seed of men, world. See {Sow} to scatter seed, and cf.… …

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  • 48Serpent seed — For the Christian concept of the seed of the serpent see Seed of the Woman A sculpture of Adam, Eve and the Serpent at Notre Dame de Paris. In the sculpture, the serpent is depicted as a half human. The doctrine of Serpent seed, dual seed or two… …

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  • 49Oldest viable seed — There are several candidates for the oldest viable seed: Contents 1 Carbon dated 2 Anecdotal 3 See also 4 References Carbon dated The …

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  • 50Christmas tree — For other uses, see Christmas tree (disambiguation). A lit up Christmas Tree with ornaments [1] The Christmas tree, also known as a Yule tree, is a decorated evergreen coniferous tree, real o …

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