christmas tree

Noun

• an ornamented evergreen used as a Christmas decoration

• medium to tall fir of western North America having a conic crown and branches in tiers; leaves smell of orange when crushed

• tall timber tree of central and southern Europe having a regular crown and grey bark

• a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses

• Australian tree or shrub with red flowers; often used in Christmas decoration

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Christmas tree , amabilis fir , white fir , Pacific silver fir , red silver fir , Abies amabilis , European silver fir , Abies alba , flame tree , fire tree , Nuytsia floribunda , Christmas bush , Ceratopetalum gummiferum