bee tree
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bee tree
An Americanism dating back to 1775–85
Example Sentences
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By the bee tree In the floody place In the sandy pit In the house at Pooh corner Why does Winnie-the-Pooh not like heffalumps?
From The Guardian ● Jan. 18, 2013
I know every root in these parts, every huckleberry meadow, bee tree, strand of swamp grass and skunk-cabbage patch.
From Time Magazine Archive
Articles on bee hunting, says he, have one thing in common: "They are written by men who never possibly could have found a bee tree, at least by pursuing the methods they describe."
From Time Magazine Archive
She sweetened it with wild honey that Papa and I had cut out of a bee tree last fall, and added cream skimmed off last night’s milk.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
I chased him some distance and got him going fast, away from the bee tree, and then I came back for the wagon.”
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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