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Definition of Fringe tree

1. Noun. Any of various small decorative flowering trees or shrubs of the genus Chionanthus.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fringe Tree

Literary usage of Fringe tree

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pennsylvania Trees by Joseph Simon Illick, Pennsylvania Dept. of Forestry (1914)
"FRINGE-TREE. Chionanthus virginica, Linnaeus. GENUS DESCRIPTION—The genus to which the Fringe-tree belongs has only one other ..."

2. Botany of the United States North of Virginia: Comprising Descriptions of by Lewis Caleb Beck (1848)
"Flowers white, in pendulous panicles. Drupe purple. The corolla is sometimes 5 or 6-cleft. Snowdrop Tree. fringe tree. 3. FRAXINUS. Linn. ..."

3. Trees and Tree-planting by James Sanks Brisbin (1888)
"THE FRINGE-TREE. Its Limited Height.—Its Native Range and Ornamental Value. ... THE FRINGE-TREE. THIS tree only reaches from twenty to thirty feet in height ..."

4. The MAGAZINE of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and (1857)
"TBI VIRGINIA fringe tree. the larger trees, as they may become the ornament ... The Virginia fringe tree, (FIG. 1,) is one of the most beautiful of all our ..."

5. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"It ie of rather slow growth, and is not hardy north of central New York; but where it will endure fringe tree (Chionanthus the climate it is well worthy of ..."

6. Lawns and Gardens: How to Plant and Beautify the Home Lot, the Pleasure by Nils Jönsson-Rose (1897)
"fringe tree, Chionanthus Virginica.—This is a very large shrub with recurving branches, large oval or obovate FIG. 115.—fringe tree (CHIONANTHUS ..."

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