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Christmas tree   /krˈɪsməs tri/   Listen
Christmas tree

noun
1.
Australian tree or shrub with red flowers; often used in Christmas decoration.  Synonyms: Ceratopetalum gummiferum, Christmas bush.
2.
A terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses.  Synonyms: fire tree, flame tree, Nuytsia floribunda.
3.
Tall timber tree of central and southern Europe having a regular crown and grey bark.  Synonyms: Abies alba, European silver fir.
4.
Medium to tall fir of western North America having a conic crown and branches in tiers; leaves smell of orange when crushed.  Synonyms: Abies amabilis, amabilis fir, Pacific silver fir, red silver fir, white fir.
5.
An ornamented evergreen used as a Christmas decoration.





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"Christmas tree" Quotes from Famous Books



... The Christmas tree was wondrously trimmed, empty stockings began to swell out and there was even one for Skyrocket which was laden ...
— The Curlytops and Their Playmates - or Jolly Times Through the Holidays • Howard R. Garis
... cozy. The Emperor often spends the evening reading aloud, while the Empress sits near with her knitting. They love to be in the Neues Palais and stay there until after Christmas. Their Christmas festivities must be worth seeing. Each prince has a Christmas tree and a table of his own, makes his own choice of presents, and ties up his own packages—as it were—and lights the Christmas candles. These festivals are held in the mussel-room, on the ground floor, original ...
— The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 • Lillie DeHegermann-Lindencrone
... like rather a LARGE Christmas tree, if it's convenient—not one of those 'sprigs,' five or six feet high, that you used to have three or four years ago, when the birdlings were not fairly feathered out, but a tree of some size. Set it up in the garret, if necessary, and then we ...
— The Birds' Christmas Carol • Kate Douglas Wiggin
... one activity after the other. Under its auspices, the first municipal Christmas tree ever erected in Philadelphia was shown in the historic Independence Square, and with two bands of music giving concerts every day from Christmas to New Year's Day, attracted over two hundred thousand persons. ...
— The Americanization of Edward Bok - The Autobiography of a Dutch Boy Fifty Years After • Edward William Bok (1863-1930)
... like to linger about the Christmas tree, Peggy and her mother, at least, must remember that the dishes must be washed and the beds made, and that the family must get ready for church. Peggy does not go to church, and nobody dreams how much she wants to go. She loves the Christmas music. No hymn ...
— The Children's Book of Christmas Stories • Various


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