Wig n.
 1. A covering for the head, consisting of hair interwoven or united by a kind of network, either in imitation of the natural growth, or in abundant and flowing curls, worn to supply a deficiency of natural hair, or for ornament, or according to traditional usage, as a part of an official or professional dress, the latter especially in England by judges and barristers.
 2. An old seal; -- so called by fishermen.
 Wig tree. Bot. See Smoke tree, under Smoke.


 wig tree
      n : Old World shrub having large plumes of yellowish feathery
          flowers resembling puffs of smoke [syn: Venetian sumac,
           Cotinus coggygria]