| Christmas tree n. 1. An evergreen or artificial tree decorated, as with lights and ornaments, during the Christmas season. 2. A device comprised of pipes and valves that caps a producing natural gas or oil well and controls its flow. |
Christmas tree
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) an evergreen tree or an imitation of one, decorated as part of Christmas celebrations
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Also called Christmas bush Austral any of various trees or shrubs flowering at Christmas and used for decoration
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| Noun | 1. |  Christmas tree - Australian tree or shrub with red flowers; often used in Christmas decorationCeratopetalum, genus Ceratopetalum - a dicotyledonous genus of the family Cunoniaceae tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms |
| 2. | Christmas tree - a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses genus Nuytsia, Nuytsia - one species parasitic plant - plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it | |
| 3. |  Christmas tree - tall timber tree of central and southern Europe having a regular crown and grey barksilver fir - any of various true firs having leaves white or silvery white beneath | |
| 4. |  Christmas tree - medium to tall fir of western North America having a conic crown and branches in tiers; leaves smell of orange when crushedsilver fir - any of various true firs having leaves white or silvery white beneath | |
| 5. | Christmas tree - an ornamented evergreen used as a Christmas decoration |
Translations
Christmas tree n → albero di Natale
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