English Dictionary
◊ SUIDAE
Christmas tree
n 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}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ CHRISTMAS TREE
Christmas tree
A kind of EIA-232 line tester or breakout box featuring rows of
blinking red and green LEDs suggestive of Christmas lights.
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