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MING TREE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ming tree mean?
• MING TREE (noun)
The noun MING TREE has 2 senses:
1. an artificial plant resembling a bonsai
2. a dwarfed evergreen conifer or shrub shaped to have flat-topped asymmetrical branches and grown in a container
Familiarity information: MING TREE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An artificial plant resembling a bonsai
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("ming tree" is a kind of...):
bonsai (a dwarfed ornamental tree or shrub grown in a tray or shallow pot)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A dwarfed evergreen conifer or shrub shaped to have flat-topped asymmetrical branches and grown in a container
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("ming tree" is a kind of...):
bonsai (a dwarfed ornamental tree or shrub grown in a tray or shallow pot)
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