Definitions from Wiktionary (Christmas tree)
▸ noun: An evergreen tree (usually a conifer), or an artificial tree made to resemble this, which is typically decorated with lights and ornaments and often an angel or star at its tip, and used as a decoration during the Christmas holiday season.
▸ noun: (by extension) Something which resembles a Christmas tree (sense 1) in appearance (for example, in having coloured lights) or shape.
▸ noun: (informal) Something which is elaborately decorated.
▸ noun: (bodybuilding) A pattern of muscles visible in the lower back, resembling in outline the shape of a conifer.
▸ noun: (chiefly military)
▸ noun: (aviation, nautical, slang) A panel of indicator lights in an aircraft or a submarine.
▸ noun: (US, aviation, historical) An alert area at an air base with aircraft parked in stubs arranged at a 45-degree angle to a central taxiway to enable them to move rapidly to a runway; these were constructed by the Strategic Air Command of the United States Air Force during the Cold War (generally 1947–1991).
▸ noun: (motor racing) A pole with lights, similar to a traffic signal, used for signalling the start of an automobile race.
▸ noun: (oil industry, slang) A collection of gauges, valves, and other components installed at the top of wellhead to control the flow of gas or oil.
▸ noun: (soccer) A 4-3-2-1 formation, with four defenders, three centre midfielders, two attacking midfielders and a striker in a triangular pattern.
▸ noun: (by extension) A Christmas party, especially one organized for (underprivileged) children by a charity, a school, etc.
▸ noun: (Australia) Often with a descriptive word: any of several shrubs or trees native to Australia which bloom in summer at the end of the year around Christmastime, and so may be used as a Christmas decoration; especially the fire tree or moodjar (Nuytsia floribunda).
▸ noun: (New Zealand) Synonym of pohutukawa (“a coastal evergreen tree, Metrosideros excelsa, native to New Zealand and producing a brilliant display of red flowers with prominent stamens around Christmastime”)
▸ Also see christmas_tree
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▸ noun: An evergreen tree (usually a conifer), or an artificial tree made to resemble this, which is typically decorated with lights and ornaments and often an angel or star at its tip, and used as a decoration during the Christmas holiday season.
▸ noun: (by extension) Something which resembles a Christmas tree (sense 1) in appearance (for example, in having coloured lights) or shape.
▸ noun: (informal) Something which is elaborately decorated.
▸ noun: (bodybuilding) A pattern of muscles visible in the lower back, resembling in outline the shape of a conifer.
▸ noun: (chiefly military)
▸ noun: (aviation, nautical, slang) A panel of indicator lights in an aircraft or a submarine.
▸ noun: (US, aviation, historical) An alert area at an air base with aircraft parked in stubs arranged at a 45-degree angle to a central taxiway to enable them to move rapidly to a runway; these were constructed by the Strategic Air Command of the United States Air Force during the Cold War (generally 1947–1991).
▸ noun: (motor racing) A pole with lights, similar to a traffic signal, used for signalling the start of an automobile race.
▸ noun: (oil industry, slang) A collection of gauges, valves, and other components installed at the top of wellhead to control the flow of gas or oil.
▸ noun: (soccer) A 4-3-2-1 formation, with four defenders, three centre midfielders, two attacking midfielders and a striker in a triangular pattern.
▸ noun: (by extension) A Christmas party, especially one organized for (underprivileged) children by a charity, a school, etc.
▸ noun: (Australia) Often with a descriptive word: any of several shrubs or trees native to Australia which bloom in summer at the end of the year around Christmastime, and so may be used as a Christmas decoration; especially the fire tree or moodjar (Nuytsia floribunda).
▸ noun: (New Zealand) Synonym of pohutukawa (“a coastal evergreen tree, Metrosideros excelsa, native to New Zealand and producing a brilliant display of red flowers with prominent stamens around Christmastime”)
▸ Also see christmas_tree
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Types:
Fraser fir,
Balsam fir,
Douglas fir,
Scotch pine,
White pine,
Virginipine,
Norway spruce,
Colorado blue sp,
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