tree nettle (trenet"l)

Same as nettle -tree, 2. tree-nymph (trē'nimf), n. In Gr. myth., a wood nymph residing in or attached to a tree, and existing only during its life; a hamadryad. The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite tells of the tree - nymph , long-lived, yet not immortal. E. B. Tylor , Prim. Culture (ed. 1877), II. 219. tree-of-sadne (trē ́ov-sad'nes), n . See Nyc tanthes.