bead tree

n : small tree of West Indies and northeastern Venezuela having

large oblong slender-pointed leaflets and panicles of

purple flowers; seeds are black or scarlet with black

spots [syn: {jumby bean}, {jumby tree}, {Ormosia

monosperma}]

dead tree

Paper.

Use of this term emphasises the waste of natural resources and

limited features available from the printed form of a document

compared with an electronic rendition.

E.g. "I read the dead tree edition of the {Guardian

(http://www.guardian.co.uk/)} on the train".

See also {tree-killer}.

(1999-11-03)