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Definition: Christmas Tree |
Christmas TreeNoun1. Australian tree or shrub with red flowers; often used in Christmas decoration. 2. A terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses. 3. Tall timber tree of central and southern Europe having a regular crown and gray bark. 4. Medium to tall fir of western North America having a conic crown and branches in tiers; leaves smell of orange when crushed. 5. An ornamented evergreen used as a Christmas decoration. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Computing | 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. Source: Jargon File. |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of a Christmas tree, denotes joyful occasions and auspicious fortune. To see one dismantled, foretells some painful incident will follow occasions of festivity. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Food & Agriculture | An evergreen(usually spruce)or artificial tree set up with decorations at Christmas. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | Provides means of directing flow of oil through any one of flow connections within which flow-chockes are installed for controlling the rate of production. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Like many other Christmas traditions, the universally-popular Christmas tree is derived from a fusion of Christian ideas with older pagan winter solstice traditions, in this case from the decoration of non-evergreen trees during the winter. Saint Boniface attempted to introduce the idea of trinity to the pagan tribes using the Cone-shaped evergreen trees because of their triangualr appearance. His message was misunderstood and the pagans ceased decorating oaks and started decorating Firs.
Besides this interesting tale, evergreen plants have always been seen as a symbol of regeneration of life, since they were the trees which remained green throughout the cold winter when everything else seemed dead. Traditions involved both entire trees, which were planted in front of houses and decorated on special occasions, as well as branches. The tradition of hanging decorations (representing fruit or gifts) on the trees is very old, with some early reports coming from Germany's upper Rhine region, but the tradition of attaching candles is attributed to Martin Luther. A related tradition was hanging evergreen branches throughout the home. With time, these evergreen branches gave way to garlands, vines and wreaths.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Christmas tree."
Synonyms: Christmas TreeSynonyms: amabilis fir (n), fire tree (n), flame tree (n), red silver fir (n), white fir (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Christmas Tree |
| English words defined with "Christmas tree": fancifully ♦ whimsically, woolly adelgid. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Christmas tree": Chernobyl packet, Christmas tree packet, CHRISTMAS-TREE GRADER ♦ Godzillagram ♦ kamikaze packet ♦ MANAGER, CHRISTMAS-TREE FARM ♦ ORNAMENT MAKER, HAND, other wooded areas ♦ TREE PLANTER. (references) |
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Screenplays | Our beryllium sphere is is wire with plaster around it. And our digital conveyor is it's Christmas tree lights (Galaxy Quest; writing credit: David Howard) Ugly Naked Guy is decorating his Christmas tree. Wow, you should see the size of his Christmas balls (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen) Dammit, Boy, I'm going to knock some sense into you even if it means sticking a Christmas tree where the sun don't shine (Beavis and Butt-head Do Christmas; writing credit: Kristofor Brown; David Felton) How much for this Christmas tree without any limbs (Life with Louie; writing credit: Martin Miehe-Renard; Mette Andersen Ottesen) | |
Lyrics | All dressed up like a downtown Christmas tree (Sweet Little Rock'n'Roller; performing artist: Chuck Berry) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The House Without a Christmas Tree (1972) Pluto's Christmas Tree (1952) The Christmas Tree Party (1897) O' Christmas Tree (1999) Daitoryo no Christmas Tree (1996) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | The Christmas tree worm - Spirobranchus giganteus seen here on Elbow Reef. Credit: Sanctuaries. |  | Christmas tree farm in Iowa. Credit: Unknown. |
 | Caption: E.H.H. Johnson's Christmas Tree (With Christmas Lights); December 25, 1882; {15.100/1} (jpg). |  | Base Hospital No. 9. Chateauroux, France : Christmas tree and celebration- officers, nurses, and enlisted men. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Off Guaymas, Mexico, 26 December 1915. Photographed by Hopkins. Note Christmas tree mounted on her forecastle. Credit: NAVY. |  | Smith family of New Hampshire around Christmas tree with presents. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Mack Sennett comedy films--man in Santa Claus costume standing between two young women in front of Christmas tree. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Christmas tree market, New York City, A. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Cats decorating Christmas tree. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Thomas, Miss, with brothers and sisters under a Christmas tree, portrait photograph. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Economic History | Peru | Best prospects include: angular and frontal crane trucks, drilling and pumping machines, solid carbon steel bars, crowns and trepans, christmas tree valves, drill bits, drilling and extraction ground machinery, large drill and reamers, no repulse drilling machines, stainless steel globe valves, parts for turbines, steam single cylinder engines, integral large drills, carbon stainless steel slug, polyethylene pipe, seamless pipe, accessories for pipes, vessels for compressed gas, burners for gas, reducer pressure valves, gas valves and parts, safety valves, measurement and controllers, gas reducers and regulators and centrifugal pumps. (references) |
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Expressions using "Christmas tree": Christmas tree assembly ♦ christmas tree light ♦ Christmas tree packet ♦ party when the christmas tree is stripped of decorations. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "Christmas tree"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | kersboom (Christmas, Christmas-tree). (various references) | |
Albanian | pemë e krishtlindjeve. (various references) | |
Arabic | شجرة الميلاد. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | коледно дърво. (various references) | |
Czech | vánoèní strom. (various references) | |
Danish | ventiltræ (Christmas tree assembly), top af boring (Christmas tree assembly), juletræ (Christmas tree assembly). (various references) | |
Dutch | kerstboom (Christmas-tree). (various references) | |
Esperanto | kristnaskarbo (Christmas-tree). (various references) | |
French | arbre de Noël. (various references) | |
German | Weihnachtsbaum. (various references) | |
Greek | χριστουγεννιάτικο δέντρο. (various references) | |
Hungarian | karácsonyfa. (various references) | |
Italian | albero di natale. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | クリー 色 (Christian, Christian Dior, Christian name, Christian Science Monitor, Christiania, Christmas, Christmas cake, Christmas card, Christmas carol, Christmas concert, Christmas Eve, Christmas present, clean, clean energy, clean float, clean heater, clean hit, clean rice, clean room, clean up, cleanup trio, clear, clear lacquer, clearance, clearance sale, cleaver, click, clinic, clinometer, clip, clipper, clipping, clitoris, cream, create, creation, creative, creative agency, creative group, creativity, creator, creole, cricket, crinoline, critic, critical, criticism, critique, crystal, crystal glass, EDTV, Extended Definition Television, Kripke, Kristiania, vented heater). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | クリスマスツリー . (various references) | |
Manx | juys Nollick, billey Nollick. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | istmaschray eetray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | árvore de Natal. (various references) | |
Russian | рождественская елка (Christmas-tree), рождественнская елка. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | jelka (fir tree), božićno drvo. (various references) | |
Spanish | árbol de navidad. (various references) | |
Swedish | julgran (Christmas-tree). (various references) | |
Turkish | noel ağacı (christmastree). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | різдвяна ялинка. (various references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-h-i-m-r-r-s-s-t-t" | |
-2 letters: researchist, tetrarchies. | |
-3 letters: aesthetics, careerisms, careerists, chatterers, earthrises, hermetists, hesitaters, masseteric, metaethics, metathesis, miscreates, misteaches, restitches, scatterers, smatterers, starchiest, streamiest, streetcars, stretchers, stretchier, tetrameric, trimesters. | |
-4 letters: aesthetic, archeries, careerism, careerist, cashmeres, casimeres, cassimere, catheters, catteries, ceramists, charriest, chartists, chastiser, chatterer, chertiest, chestiest, creamiest, creasiest, earthiest, earthrise, earthsets, erethisms, esthetics, estimates, heartiest, hematites, hermetist. | |
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