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Baum

Definitions of Baum
  1. noun
    a figure that branches from a single root
    synonyms: Baumstruktur
  2. noun
    a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
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    Akazie
    any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia
    Linde
    any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber
    Buche
    any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; north temperate regions
    Kastanie, Kastanienbaum
    any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur
    Eiche
    a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves
    Birke
    any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark
    Erle
    north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant
    Esche
    any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus
    Gummibaum
    any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum
    Ulme
    any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees
    Palmengewächs
    any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves
    Kaffeestrauch
    any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans
    Chinarindenbaum
    any of several trees of the genus Cinchona
    Weide
    any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix
    Platane
    any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits
    Lorbeerstrauch
    any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family
    Magnolie
    any shrub or tree of the genus Magnolia; valued for their longevity and exquisite fragrant blooms
    Tulpenbaum
    tall North American deciduous timber tree having large tulip-shaped greenish yellow flowers and conelike fruit; yields soft white woods used especially for cabinet work
    Kassie, Sennesblätterstrauch
    tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery
    Kapokbaum
    massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss; source of the silky kapok fiber
    Kakaobaum
    tropical American tree producing cacao beans
    Rotbuche
    variety of European beech with shining purple or copper-colored leaves
    Hainbuche, Weißbuche
    North American forest tree with light green leaves and edible nuts
    Roteiche
    any of numerous American oaks having 4 stamens in each floret, acorns requiring two years to mature and leaf veins usually extending beyond the leaf margin to form points or bristles
    Steineiche
    evergreen oak of southern Europe having leaves somewhat resembling those of holly; yields a hard wood
    Korkeiche
    medium-sized evergreen oak of southern Europe and northern Africa having thick corky bark that is periodically stripped to yield commercial cork
    Schwarzerle
    medium-sized tree with brown-black bark and woody fruiting catkins; leaves are hairy beneath
    Grauerle
    native to Europe but introduced in America
    Grünerle
    shrub of mountainous areas of Europe
    Grünerle
    North American shrub with light green leaves and winged nuts
    Blumenesche, Mannaesche
    southern Mediterranean ash having fragrant white flowers in dense panicles and yielding manna
    Eukalyptus
    a tree of the genus Eucalyptus
    Mangrove
    a tropical tree or shrub bearing fruit that germinates while still on the tree and having numerous prop roots that eventually form an impenetrable mass and are important in land building
    Feigenbaum
    Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit
    Feldulme
    European elm with lustrous smooth leaves used as an ornamental
    Johannisbrotbaum
    evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob
    Sagopalme
    any of various tropical Asian palm trees the trunks of which yield sago
    Kokospalme
    tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics
    Obstbaum
    tree bearing edible fruit
    Korbweide
    any of various willows having pliable twigs used in basketry and furniture
    Silberweide
    North American willow with greyish silky pubescent leaves that usually blacken in drying
    Trauerweide
    willow with long drooping branches and slender leaves native to China; widely cultivated as an ornamental
    Mandelweide
    willow of the western United States with leaves like those of peach or almond trees
    Grauweide
    Eurasian shrubby willow with whitish tomentose twigs
    Schwarzweide
    North American shrubby willow having dark bark and linear leaves growing close to streams and lakes
    Lorbeerweide
    European willow tree with shining leathery leaves; widely naturalized in the eastern United States
    Kriechweide
    small trailing bush of Europe and Asia having straggling branches with silky green leaves of which several varieties are cultivated
    Pappel
    any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins
    Ahorn
    any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone
    Gemeiner Hülsstrauch, Stechpalme
    any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex having red berries and shiny evergreen leaves with prickly edges
    Rosskastanie, Roßkastanie
    tree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds
    Kornelkirsche
    a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers
    Nadelbaum, Nadelholzbaum
    any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones
    type of:
    Holzpflanze
    a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems
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