fringe tree (frinjtre)

The Chi on an thus Vir ginica, a small tree allied to the ash, found on river-banks in the United States, from Pennsylvania to Texas, and frequently planted for ornament. It bears loose drooping panicles of white flowers, the long narrow petals of which suggest the name. It is sometimes used in medicine, especially in jaundice and fevers. - Purple fringe-tree, the smokeFringilla (frin-jil'ä), n. [NL., fringillaceous (frin-ji-lā'shius), a. [ linnets, siskins, etc., which conform to the characters above given. There are some 500 nominal species, distributed in upward of 100 so-called genera. No tenable subdivision of the family exists, though several have been proposed. The latest authority makes 3 subfamilies: Coccothraustinæ, Fringilline, and Emberizinæ, or the grosbeaks, finches proper, and buntings.