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Christmas tree - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Christmas tree : (noun)
1: Australian tree or shrub with red flowers; often used in
Christmas decoration [syn: Christmas bush, Christmas
tree, Ceratopetalum gummiferum]
2: a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western
Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers;
parasitic on roots of grasses [syn: flame tree, fire
tree, Christmas tree, Nuytsia floribunda]
3: tall timber tree of central and southern Europe having a
regular crown and gray bark [syn: European silver fir, Christmas
tree, Abies alba]
4: medium to tall fir of western North America having a conic
crown and branches in tiers; leaves smell of orange when
crushed [syn: amabilis fir, white fir, Pacific silver
fir, red silver fir, Christmas tree, Abies amabilis]
5: an ornamented evergreen used as a Christmas decoration [syn:
Christmas tree]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Christmas \Christ"mas\, n. [Christ _ mass.]
An annual church festival (December 25) and in some States a
legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often
celebrated by a particular church service, and also by
special gifts, greetings, and hospitality.
Christmas box.
(a) A box in which presents are deposited at Christmas.
(b) A present or small gratuity given to young people and
servants at Christmas; a Christmas gift.
Christmas carol, a carol sung at, or suitable for,
Christmas.
Christmas day. Same as Christmas.
Christmas eve, the evening before Christmas.
Christmas fern (Bot.), an evergreen North American fern
({Aspidium acrostichoides), which is much used for
decoration in winter.
Christmas flower, Christmas rose, the black hellebore, a
poisonous plant of the buttercup family, which in Southern
Europe often produces beautiful roselike flowers
midwinter.
Christmas tree, a small evergreen tree, set up indoors, to
be decorated with bonbons, presents, etc., and illuminated
on Christmas eve.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Christmas tree :
A kind of EIA-232 line tester or breakout box featuring rows of
blinking red and green LEDs suggestive of Christmas lights.
[{Jargon File]
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Christmas tree : n. A kind of RS-232 line tester or breakout box
featuring rows of blinking red and green LEDs suggestive of Christmas
lights.
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Example Usage of Christmas |
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JesseMSmith: I took down the Christmas lights today at my parents house. Needless to say it felt like the fireline at the Glen... Ok no it didn't |
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