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ming tree

[ming]
–noun
1. any of various trees or shrubs used in bonsai arrangements, esp. when shaped to have flat-topped, asymmetrical branches.
2. an artificial tree created with plant material, wire, etc., to resemble such a bonsai tree.

Origin:
1945–50; perh. named after Ming
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ming tree

noun
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 
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