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101Tree bog — A Treebog is a form of compost toilet which has willows, nettles and other nutrient hungry plants planted around it. The faeces are held in a chamber open to the air which allows it to decompose rapidly, feeding the trees around it. Unlike a… …
102tree hugger — UK [ˈtriː ˌhʌɡə(r)] / US [ˈtrɪ ˌhʌɡər] noun [countable] Word forms tree hugger : singular tree hugger plural tree huggers very informal someone who wants to protect the environment, especially forests. This word shows that you think people like… …
103tree — A woody plant with a stem or trunk from which branches spring. 34 Am J1st Logs § 2. A part and parcel of the land in which rooted. 42 Am J1st Prop § 19. An interest in real estate, except as to a tree growing in a nursery and raised to be sold… …
104tree hugger — noun derogatory term for environmentalists who support restrictions on the logging industry and the preservation of forests • Usage Domain: ↑disparagement, ↑depreciation, ↑derogation • Hypernyms: ↑environmentalist, ↑conservationist * * * noun …
105tree of heaven — noun deciduous rapidly growing tree of China with foliage like sumac and sweetish fetid flowers; widely planted in United States as a street tree because of its resistance to pollution • Syn: ↑tree of the gods, ↑Ailanthus altissima • Hypernyms:… …
106tree fern — /ˈtri fɜn/ (say tree fern) noun any fern, as of the family Cyatheaceae, which attains the size of a tree, sending up a straight trunk like stem with foliage at the summit. Also, Chiefly Tasmania, man fern …
107Like blazes — Blaze Blaze (bl[=a]z), n. [OE. blase, AS. bl[ae]se, blase; akin to OHG. blass whitish, G. blass pale, MHG. blas torch, Icel. blys torch; perh. fr. the same root as E. blast. Cf. {Blast}, {Blush}, {Blink}.] 1. A stream of gas or vapor emitting… …
108tree moss — Lichen Li chen (l[imac] k[e^]n; 277), n. [L., fr. Gr. leichh n.] 1. (Bot.) One of a class of cellular, flowerless plants, (technically called {Lichenes}), having no distinction of leaf and stem, usually of scaly, expanded, frond like forms, but… …
109tree-rat — Another name for squirrel. That tree rat is like his ex, picking up one nut after another and discarding it …
110tree-rat — Another name for squirrel. That tree rat is like his ex, picking up one nut after another and discarding it …
