twig
101fe|ver|twig — «FEE vuhr TWIHG», noun. = false bittersweet. (Cf. ↑false bittersweet) …
102fever twig — the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens. [1880 85] * * * …
103drop off the twig — vb to die. A lighthearted expression in vogue in Britain since the late 1980s. Bird imagery features in several colourful, pre dominantly working class phrases in Brit ish colloquial use, such as sick as a parrot or rattle someone s cage …
104battle-twig — an ear wig. Derb …
105blood-twig — noun European deciduous shrub turning red in autumn having dull white flowers • Syn: ↑common European dogwood, ↑red dogwood, ↑pedwood, ↑Cornus sanguinea • Hypernyms: ↑dogwood, ↑dogwood tree, ↑cornel …
106apple twig borer — noun : a small brown cylindrical beetle (Amphicerus bicaudatus) that bores into the twigs of especially fruit trees …
107balsam twig aphid — noun : a common aphid (Mindarus abietinus) of the northern United States and Canada feeding chiefly on spruces and balsam fir and often producing much honeydew …
108pitch twig moth — noun Etymology: pitch (I) : a small largely reddish brown pitch moth (Petrova comstockiana) whose larvae attack various hard pines …
109silver twig — noun : a diseased condition of smooth barked twigs in which the epidermis is lifted up causing a silvery appearance …
110twizzle-twig — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun dialect England : a common rush (Juncus articulatus) of the north temperate zone …