AWAD Quiz 15: Timber!
(AWAD - January 4 - January 10, 1999)
This week's word list featured words related to trees. I have added three words to make
ten.
Match up the tree word in the first column
with its closest definition in column two.
| ___ arborescent |
A. a tree that rises above the surrounding
forest |
| ___ avenue |
B. having the size, form, or characteristics
of a tree; treelike. |
| ___ bosky |
C. the clipping or trimming of live shrubs or
trees into decorative shapes, as of animals. |
| ___ chaparral |
D. having an abundance of bushes, shrubs, or
trees. |
| ___ coppice |
E. relating to or characteristic of woods or
forest regions. |
| ___ deciduous |
F. a thicket or grove of small trees or
shrubs, especially one maintained by periodic cutting or pruning to encourage suckering,
as in the cultivation of cinnamon trees for their bark |
| ___ emergent |
G. a tree whose top branches have been cut
back to the trunk so that it may produce a dense growth of new shoots. |
| ___ pollard |
H. a broad passageway bordered by trees. |
| ___ sylvan |
I. shedding or losing foliage at the end of
the growing season. |
| ___ topiary |
J. a dense impenetrable thicket of shrubs or
dwarf trees. |
Answers:
arborescent: B. having the
size, form, or characteristics of a tree; treelike.
avenue: H. a broad passageway bordered by trees.
bosky: D. having an abundance of bushes, shrubs, or trees.
chaparral: J. a dense impenetrable thicket of shrubs or dwarf trees.
coppice: F. a thicket or grove of small trees or shrubs, especially one
maintained by periodic cutting or pruning to encourage suckering, as in the cultivation of
cinnamon trees for their bark
deciduous: I. shedding or losing foliage at the end of the growing season
emergent: A. a tree that rises above the surrounding forest
pollard: G. a tree whose top branches have been cut back to the trunk so
that it may produce a dense growth of new shoots.
sylvan: E. relating to or characteristic of woods or forest regions.
topiary: C. the clipping or trimming of live shrubs or trees into
decorative shapes, as of animals.
