English Explanatory Dictionary

Deadly Never-Green

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Synonym of Tyburn tree.
name
  1. Alternative form of Deadly Never-Green.

Word forms

Deadly Never-Green Deadly never green

Etymology

A play on the conceit that the Tyburn tree (the gallows at Tyburn) was a real tree—a lethal one, devoid of greenery.

Synonyms

Tyburn tree
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