Christmas tree

Christmas tree

noun
1.
an evergreen tree decorated at Christmas with ornaments and lights.
2.
a control board or panel containing a variety of colored lights for indicating the status of various functions, elements, components, etc.
3.
an elaborate arrangement of pipes, valves, etc., as for controlling the flow of oil or gas.

Origin:
1780–90, Americanism
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Christmas tree
 
n
1.  an evergreen tree or an imitation of one, decorated as part of Christmas celebrations
2.  (Austral) Also called: Christmas bush any of various trees or shrubs flowering at Christmas and used for decoration
3.  another name for pohutukawa

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Christmas tree definition


  1. n.
    a drunkard. (From being lit like a Christmas tree.) : A well-dressed Christmas tree sat in the corner—lit up, of course.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Christmas tree definition

hardware, jargon
A kind of EIA-232 line tester or breakout box featuring rows of blinking red and green LEDs suggestive of Christmas lights.
[Jargon File]
(2006-09-20)

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