Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of trees of several species, natural order Urticaceæ, nearly related to the elm, but bearing a small fleshy edible drupe instead of a winged samara.
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- noun large genus of trees and shrubs with berrylike fruit
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Examples
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Keltic, but is frem a Latin word celtis, or celtes; meaning a chisel, and used in the Vulgate, Job xix., 24, the classic word is cœlum.
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter James Conway Walter
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Foliage all out except on button-balls and celtis, and putting on its dark green summer color, solid shadows under the trees, and stretching down the slopes.
The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers John Burroughs 1879
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Near a remarkably rocky point of the mountain, at a large spring of pure water, were several hackberry-trees, (_celtis_,) probably a new species, the berries still green; and a short distance farther, thickets of sumach,
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851
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The soil was here light but rich, though in some places rather sandy; and, with the exception of scattered fringe along the bank, the timber, consisting principally of poplar, (_populus moniliefera_,) elm, and hackberry, (_celtis crassifolia_,) is confined almost entirely to the islands.
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851
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The cotton wood, elm, mulberry, and nettle trees (celtis crassifolia) suffered the most.
Travels in the Interior of America, in the Years 1809, 1810, and 1811 1819
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A young celtis africana has been given a very special honour - it is the tree planted by Nelson Mandela in Thokoza Park, Soweto, to celebrate his 90th birthday.
IOL: News 2009
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A young celtis africana has been given a very special honour - it is the tree planted by Nelson Mandela in Thokoza Park, Soweto, to celebrate his 90th birthday.
IOL: News 2009
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Quem egregium fuifTe Pychagoricum, celtis Tullius lib« de Univerficace.
Joh. Gerardi Vossii De philosophia et philosophorvm sectis libri II. Joh Gerardus Vossius , Gerardus Joannes Vossius 1657
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(celtis -- a kind of tree-lotus) that stood in front of it.
Birds and Poets : with Other Papers John Burroughs 1879
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_Catalpa bignonioides_ and especially _C. speciosa; _ celtis; cercis, both American and Japanese; flowering dogwood, profusely native; white ash; ginkgo; koelreuteria; sweet gum (liquidambar); American linden; tulip tree; magnolias much as for the North; China-berry (_Melia
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