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91tree fern — noun Date: 1830 any of various ferns (especially families Cyatheaceae and Dicksoniaceae) of arborescent habit with a woody stem …
92tree fern — noun a large palm like fern with a trunk like stem. [Cyathea, Dicksonia, and other genera.] …
93stem — I. n. 1. Trunk (of a tree), main stock, stipe. 2. Peduncle, pedicel, petiole, stalk. 3. Branch, shoot, scion, descendant, progeny, offspring. 4. Stock, race, pedigree, descent, family, generation, lineage, ancestry. 5. (Naut.) Forepart (of a… …
94stem — The main body of the above ground portion of a tree, shrub, herb or other plant; the ascending axis, whether above or below ground, of a plant …
95tree goose — noun Etymology: from the belief that the barnacle (shellfish) from which the goose was believed to stem is produced by trees : barnacle goose …
96From stem to stern — Stem Stem (st[e^]m), n. [AS. stemn, stefn, st[ae]fn; akin to OS. stamn the stem of a ship, D. stam stem, steven stem of a ship, G. stamm stem, steven stem of a ship, Icel. stafn, stamn, stem of a ship, stofn, stomn, stem, Sw. stam a tree trunk,… …
97Fruit tree pruning — Pruning fruit trees is a technique that is employed by gardeners to control growth, remove dead or diseased wood or stimulate the formation of flowers and fruit buds. The most economical pruning is done early in the season, when buds begin to… …
98grass tree — noun 1. any of several Australian evergreen perennials having short thick woody stems crowned by a tuft of grasslike foliage and yielding acaroid resins • Syn: ↑Australian grass tree • Hypernyms: ↑arborescent plant • Member Holonyms: ↑Xanthorroea …
99Cabbage tree (New Zealand) — For other plants with this name see Cabbage tree. Taxobox name = Cabbage Tree status = secure image width = 240px image caption = Cabbage tree in flower, Dunedin Botanical Gardens regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Liliopsida ordo …
100Christmas tree pests and weeds — An entomologist checks Scots Pine for pine shoot beetles at a Christmas tree farm near East Lansing, Michigan. Pine and fir trees, grown purposely for use as Christmas trees, are vulnerable to a wide variety of pests, weeds and diseases. Many of… …
