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Definition: Bonsai |
BonsaiNoun1. A dwarfed ornamental tree or shrub grown in a tray or shallow pot. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Bonsai is also a programming tool that is used to query CVS trees.
Bonsai (盆栽 ← Japanese: Bon tray + Sai gardening) is the art of growing trees and plants, reducing the size by pruning and forming to create an aesthetic shape and the illusion of age.
History
The art of bonsai originates from China over two thousand years ago, where it has been called penzai and written in the same Hanzi that gave rise to the Kanji above. It was brought to Japan 700 years ago. Bonsai spread to Korea during the Tang or Song Dynasty (the 7th - 13th century), and is now called Bunjae (분재).
Cultivation
A bonsai is not a genetically dwarfed plant. It is kept small by shaping and root pruning. A properly maintained bonsai will outlive a full size tree of the same species. However, a bonsai needs much care, and an improperly maintained bonsai will probably die.
Artistry
In the art of bonsai is where a sense of aesthetics, care, and patience come together. With these qualities, the artist can guide the plant into growing even highly intricate Chinese characters, such as 壽, "longevity", in various styles, but usually cursive.
External links
- Bonsaibasics.com for beginners.
- Allens Bonsai trees, pots, and tools.
- http://www.bonsaiweb.com - with a lot of pictures
- Craig Hunt's Bonsai Links.
- http://www.bonsaisite.com
- The Bonsai Guide.
- Bonsai Club International.
- Bonsai Forum.
- Newsgroup rec.arts.bonsai
- StarChat #bonsai IRC channel at 01:00 UTC time (on Tuesday).
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bonsai."
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The Bonsai CVS code management system is a computer program designed to help large programming projects productively manage CVS code archives. It was initially developed to fill the Mozilla project's need for good tools to allow multiple developers to edit its extremely large codebase.Among other features, Bonsai allows complex queries to be performed, as well as near real-time updates of checkins to the CVS server.
Bonsai was founded by Terry Weissman. It was first written in TCL, then later ported to Perl. It still uses Perl, but runs off a MySQL database, and can be served using any Perl aware webserver, such as Apache.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bonsai CVS code management system."
Crosswords: Bonsai |
| English words defined with "bonsai": ming tree. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "bonsai": BONSAI CULTURIST ♦ dwarf tree grower. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Bonsai" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (bonsai), Italian (bonsai). |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Bonsai at the National Arboreteum in Wash, DC. . Credit: USDA. |
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| "Bonsai" by Xavier Ruiz Commentary: "Bonsai of Manresa exposition." | "Bonsai 2" by Melissa Squires Commentary: "We visited a Bonsai exibit, most trees were hundreds of years old and very beautiful." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| "Bonsai" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 58.33% of the time. "Bonsai" is used about 36 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 58.33% | 21 | 76,261 |
| Noun (proper) | 33.33% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Noun (singular) | 5.56% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 2.78% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 36 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
bonsai | 3,064 | bonsai gallery | 22 |
bonsai tree | 1,098 | bonsai forum | 22 |
bonsai kitten | 297 | bonsai tree for sale | 20 |
bonsai plant | 248 | bonsai china | 18 |
bonsai tree care | 84 | bonsai garden | 18 |
bonsai care | 82 | bonsai sale | 17 |
bonsai tool | 70 | bonsai book | 16 |
bonsai pot | 65 | bonsai buddy | 15 |
bonsai cat | 62 | bonsai kitten picture | 15 |
juniper bonsai | 53 | growing a bonsai tree | 15 |
bonsai supply | 52 | japanese maple bonsai | 15 |
bonsai kitty | 49 | bonsai club | 14 |
bonsai seed | 32 | bonsai dallas | 14 |
bonsai picture | 29 | bonsai plant care | 14 |
japanese bonsai | 28 | caring for a bonsai tree | 14 |
bonsai tree picture | 28 | bonsai photo | 13 |
indoor bonsai | 28 | growing a bonsai | 13 |
bonsai nursery | 26 | bonsai pruning | 13 |
ficus bonsai | 24 | bonsai boy | 13 |
bonsai soil | 23 | azalea bonsai | 13 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "bonsai"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
German | bonsai. (various references) | |
Italian | bonsai. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 盆栽. (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぼんさい (Buddhist priest's wife, mediocrity, ordinary ability), はちもの (food served in bowls, potted plant). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | onsaibay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "bonsai": bonsais. (additional references) | |
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"Bonsai" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: banai, bansai, ben-ami, Binsey, Binski, bisazir, Bnsa, bognessan, Bolsay, Bonae, bonamia, Bonas, bonasia, Bonavia, Bonosa, Bonsam, bonsi, Bonswa, bonza, Bonzai, Bonzanigo, Boonsri, Borsay, bosian, Bosnawi, bosnia, Bosnias, bouneau, Broneslaw, Brosna, josnau, Ornsay. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: basion. | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-i-n-o-s" | |
-1 letter: basin, bison, nabis, obias, sabin. | |
-2 letters: abos, ains, anis, bani, bans, bias, bins, bios, boas, ions, isba, nabs, naoi, naos, nibs, nobs, obia, obis, sain, snib, snob. | |
-3 letters: abo, abs, ain, ais, ani, ban, bas, bin, bio, bis, boa, bos, ins, ion, nab, nib, nob, nos, obi, ons, sab, sib, sin, sob, son. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-i-n-o-s" | |
+1 letter: albinos, bagnios, basions, bastion, bonacis, bonitas, bonsais, gabions, obtains. | |
+2 letters: abrasion, amboinas, antiboss, antisnob, bambinos, banjoist, baronies, bastions, bedsonia, begonias, bimanous, boasting, boatings, botanies, botanise, botanist, coalbins, corbinas, hobnails, inboards, jacobins, nabobish, nabobism, niobates, nonbasic, obeisant, obsidian, ouabains, rabbonis, rainbows, searobin, taborins. | |
+3 letters: ablations, ablutions, abortions, abrasions, absolving, absorbing, abutilons, adsorbing, ambitions, anabolism, anybodies, arabinose, balconies, banjoists, baritones, bastinado, bastioned, bedsoniae, bedsonias, biathlons, bigaroons, bignonias, binomials, boardings, boatswain, bohemians, boltonias, bondmaids, bonifaces, botanicas, botanised, botanises, botanists, botanizes, braconids, carbinols, ibogaines, ironbarks, isobutane, libations, lobations, monobasic, nabobisms, obeisance, oblations, obsidians, obstinacy, obstinate, obtainers, olibanums, panbroils, reobtains, sanbenito, searobins, signboard, sublation, taborines, tailbones, zabaiones. | |
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