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SASSAFRAS |
Small N American tree |
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LEVERWOOD |
The American hop hornbeam (Ostrya Virginica), a small
tree with very tough wood. |
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WITCH-HAZEL |
An American shrub or small tree (Hamamelis Virginica),
which blossoms late in autumn. |
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PLANER TREE |
A small-leaved North American tree (Planera aquatica)
related to the elm, but having a wingless, nutlike fruit. |
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REDBUD |
A small ornamental leguminous tree of the American species
of the genus Cercis. See Judas tree, under Judas. |
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EUONYMUS |
A genus of small European and American trees; the spindle
tree. The bark is used as a cathartic. |
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HYLODES |
The piping frog (Hyla Pickeringii), a small American tree
frog, which in early spring, while breeding in swamps and ditches,
sings with high, shrill, but musical, notes. |
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SHEEPBERRY |
The edible fruit of a small North American tree of the
genus Viburnum (V. Lentago), having white flowers in flat cymes; also,
the tree itself. Called also nannyberry. |
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THORNBIRD |
A small South American bird (Anumbius anumbii) allied to
the ovenbirds of the genus Furnarius). It builds a very large and
complex nest of twigs and thorns in a bush or tree. |
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HAZEL |
A shrub or small tree of the genus Corylus, as the C.
avellana, bearing a nut containing a kernel of a mild, farinaceous
taste; the filbert. Th... |
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CREEPER |
A small bird of the genus Certhia, allied to the wrens.
The brown or common European creeper is C. familiaris, a variety of
which (var. America... |
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SERVICE |
... Shad bush,
under Shad). They have clusters of small, edible, applelike berries. ... |
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HAWTHORN |
A thorny shrub or tree (the Crataegus oxyacantha), having
deeply lobed, shining leaves, small, roselike, fragrant flowers, and a
fruit called h... |
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ROWAN TREE |
...apple,
but with pinnate leaves and flat corymbs of small white flowers
followed by little bright red berries. Called also roan tree, and
moun... |