'Wig tree' definitions:
Definition of 'wig tree'
(from WordNet)
noun
Old World shrub having large plumes of yellowish feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke [syn: Venetian sumac, wig tree, Cotinus coggygria]
Definition of 'Wig tree'
From: GCIDE
- Wig \Wig\, n. [Abbreviation from periwig.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. A covering for the head, consisting of hair interwoven or united by a kind of network, either in imitation of the natural growth, or in abundant and flowing curls, worn to supply a deficiency of natural hair, or for ornament, or according to traditional usage, as a part of an official or professional dress, the latter especially in England by judges and barristers. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An old seal; -- so called by fishermen. [1913 Webster]
- Wig tree. (Bot.) See Smoke tree, under Smoke. [1913 Webster]