CHARTER OAK
\t͡ʃˈɑːtəɹ ˈə͡ʊk], \tʃˈɑːtəɹ ˈəʊk], \tʃ_ˈɑː_t_ə_ɹ ˈəʊ_k]\
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A tree near Hartford, Conn., in the hollow of which Captain Wadsworth hid the charter of the colony to prevent its being taken by Sir Edmund Andros in 1687. The tree was prostrated by a gale August 20, 1856. The story has been doubted.
By John Franklin Jameson
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hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.