junction transistor
— Noun
– English
~ a semiconductor device capable of amplification
Japanese lacquer tree
— Noun
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~ small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained
Japanese angelica tree
— Noun
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~ deciduous clump-forming Asian shrub or small tree; adventive in the eastern United States
Japanese pagoda tree
— Noun
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~ handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having compound dark green leaves and profuse panicles of fragrant creamy-white flowers; China and Japan
Japanese tree lilac
— Noun
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~ small tree of Japan having narrow pointed leaves and creamy-white flowers
jackfruit tree
— Noun
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~ East Indian tree cultivated for its immense edible fruit and seeds
jaboticaba tree
— Noun
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~ small evergreen tropical tree native to Brazil and West Indies but introduced into southern United States; grown in Brazil for its edible tough-skinned purple grapelike fruit that grows all along the branches
Jamaica caper tree
— Noun
– English
~ shrub of southern Florida to West Indies
jumby tree
— Noun
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~ small tree of West Indies and northeastern Venezuela having large oblong pointed leaflets and panicles of purple flowers; seeds are black or scarlet with black spots
Judas tree
— Noun
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~ small tree of the eastern Mediterranean having abundant purplish-red flowers growing on old wood directly from stems and appearing before the leaves: widely cultivated in mild regions; wood valuable for veneers
Joshua tree
— Noun
– English
~ a large branched arborescent yucca of southwestern United States having short leaves and clustered greenish white flowers