Kentucky Trees. This website provides information on many of the common trees native to Kentucky. We hope you find it informative. This site is maintained by the Department of Horticulture at the University of Kentucky and is a collaborative effort between Robert Geneve, Richard Durham, Christy Cassady and Tom Shearin. Special thanks to Timothy Geneve for help with the propagation section.
strain 1 (strÄn) v. strained, strainÂ·ing, strains. To pull, draw, or stretch tight. To stretch or exert one's muscles or nerves to the utmost. To injure or impair by overuse or overexertion; wrench. To filter, trickle, percolate, or ooze. To pass a liquid through a filtering agent such as a strainer. To draw off or remove by filtration. n. The act of straining.
urÂ·gent (Ã»râ²jÉnt) adj. 1. Compelling immediate action or attention; pressing. 2. Conveying a sense of pressing importance: an urgent message. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin urgÄns, urgent-, present participle of urgÄre, to urge.] urâ²gentÂ·ly adv. Synonyms: urgent, exigent, pressing, imperative These adjectives mean compelling immediate attention. Urgent often implies that a matter takes precedence over others: For I ride on an errand most urgent, and with the first light of morning we must go (J.R.R. Tolkien).