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• NETTLE (0. Eng. netele, cf. Ger. Nessel)

NETTLE See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

TREE  , the name applied to certain trees of the genus Celtis, belonging to the See also:

• FAMILY

family or natural See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order Ulmaceae . The best-known See also:

• SPECIES

species have usually obliquely ovate, or lanceolate leaves, serrate at the edge, and marked by three prominent nerves . The See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers are inconspicuous, usually hermaphrodite, with a 4- or 5-parted perianth, as many stamens, a hairy disk and a 1-celled ovary with a 2-parted See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style . The See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit is succulent like a little drupe, a See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character which serves to See also:

• SEPARATE

separate the genus alike from the nettles and the elms, to both of which it is allied . Celtis australis is a See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree, both See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild and planted, through-out the Mediterranean region extending to See also:

• AFGHANISTAN

Afghanistan and the Himalayas; it is also cultivated in See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain . It is a rapidly growing tree, from 30 to 40 ft. high, with a remarkably sweet fruit, recalling a small See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black See also:

• CHERRY

cherry, and was one of the See also:

• PLANTS

plants to which the See also:

• TERM

term " See also:

• LOTUS

lotus " was applied by Dioscorides and the older authors . The See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood, which is compact and hard and takes a high See also:

• POLISH

polish, is used for a variety of purposes . C. occidentalis, a See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AMERICAN

American species, is the See also:

• HACKBERRY

hackberry (q.v.) .