weeping tree

English

Noun

weeping tree (plural weeping trees)

  1. Any tree with pendulous branches, such as the weeping willow.
  2. A tree from which honeydew or other liquid secretions of insects drip in considerable quantities, especially 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.
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