Weeping tree \Weep"ing tree\ (a) Any tree having pendulous branches. (b) A tree from which honeydew or other liquid secretions of
insects drip in considerable quantities, esp. one
infested by the larvae of any species of the genus
Ptylus, allied to the cuckoo spits, which in tropical
countries secrete large quantities of a watery fluid.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |