Definition of tree

NOUN

tree

a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

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yellowwood ,yellowwood tree lancewood ,lancewood tree ,Oxandra lanceolata Xylopia aethiopica ,Guinea pepper ,negro pepper anise tree winter's bark tree ,Drimys winteri ,winter's bark zebrawood tree ,zebrawood Brya ebenus ,granadilla tree ,granadillo acacia Barbados pride ,red sandalwood ,coral-wood ,Adenanthera pavonina ,coralwood ,peacock flower fence albizia ,albizzia elephant's ear ,Enterolobium cyclocarpa ,conacaste inga Inga edulis ,ice-cream bean Inga laurina ,guama Leucaena glauca ,Leucaena leucocephala ,white popinac ,lead tree wild tamarind ,Lysiloma latisiliqua ,Lysiloma bahamensis nitta tree wild tamarind ,manila tamarind ,huamachil ,Pithecellobium dulce ,camachile devil tree ,dita bark ,dita ,Alstonia scholaris Holarrhena antidysenterica ,kurchee ,kurchi ,Holarrhena pubescens ,conessi ,ivory tree puka ,Meryta sinclairii Pisonia aculeata ,cockspur pandanus ,screw pine houhere ,lacebark ,Hoheria populnea ,ribbonwood ribbon tree ,Plagianthus regius ,ribbonwood ,Plagianthus betulinus tulipwood tree red silk-cotton tree ,Bombax malabarica ,Bombax ceiba ,simal Montezuma shaving-brush tree ,Pseudobombax ellipticum Brisbane quandong ,blue fig ,silver quandong tree ,quandong tree ,Elaeocarpus grandis ,quandong Jamaican cherry ,silk wood ,calabur tree ,silkwood ,calabura ,Muntingia calabura breakaxe ,Sloanea jamaicensis ,breakax ,break-axe bottle-tree ,bottle tree Chinese parasol tree ,phoenix tree ,Chinese parasol ,Japanese varnish tree ,Firmiana simplex mayeng ,Pterospermum acerifolium ,maple-leaved bayur silver tree ,Tarrietia argyrodendron samba ,Triplochiton scleroxcylon ,arere ,obechi ,obeche basswood ,linden tree ,lime ,lime tree ,linden Leucadendron argenteum ,silver tree prickly ash ,Orites excelsa Stenocarpus sinuatus ,firewheel tree ,wheel tree Stenocarpus salignus ,beefwood ,scrub beefwood casuarina beech tree ,beech chestnut ,chestnut tree oak chestnut Castanopsis chrysophylla ,golden chinkapin ,Castanea chrysophylla ,Chrysolepis chrysophylla ,giant chinkapin Lithocarpus densiflorus ,tanbark oak southern beech ,evergreen beech oak tree ,oak birch tree ,birch alder tree ,alder hornbeam hop hornbeam fringe tree ash ,ash tree Osmanthus americanus ,devilwood ,American olive dhawa ,dhava button tree ,button mangrove ,Conocarpus erectus white mangrove ,Laguncularia racemosa wild cinnamon ,bay-rum tree ,Jamaica bayberry ,Pimenta acris ,bayberry gum ,gum tree poon calaba ,Calophyllum calaba ,Santa Maria tree Calophyllum longifolium ,Maria laurelwood ,Calophyllum candidissimum ,lancewood tree clusia wild fig ,Clusia flava rose chestnut ,ironwood tree ,Mesua ferrea ,ironwood souari ,souari nut ,souari tree ,Caryocar nuciferum dipterocarp kitembilla ,Dovyalis hebecarpa ,ketembilla ,ketembilla tree ,Ceylon gooseberry ,kitambilla Hydnocarpus kurzii ,chaulmoogra ,chaulmugra ,Taraktogenos kurzii ,Taraktagenos kurzii ,chaulmoogra tree Hydnocarpus laurifolia ,Hydnocarpus wightiana idesia ,Idesia polycarpa Australian nettle tree ,Australian nettle fig tree elm tree ,elm nettle tree ,hackberry grass tree ,cabbage tree ,Cordyline australis Caesalpinia bonduc ,Caesalpinia bonducella ,bonduc tree ,bonduc divi-divi ,Caesalpinia coriaria peach-wood ,Caesalpinia echinata ,brazilwood ,peachwood ,pernambuco wood Caesalpinia ferrea ,brazilian ironwood shingle tree ,Acrocarpus fraxinifolius Brachystegia speciformis ,msasa cassia locust tree ,locust Kentucky coffee tree ,Gymnocladus dioica ,bonduc ,chicot Parkinsonia florida ,Cercidium floridum ,palo verde andelmin ,angelim African sandalwood ,Baphia nitida ,camwood Butea monosperma ,Butea frondosa ,palas ,dak ,dhak rosewood ,rosewood tree sisham ,sissu ,Dalbergia sissoo ,sissoo Dalbergia cearensis ,kingwood ,kingwood tree cocobolo ,Dalbergia retusa blackwood tree ,blackwood coral tree ,erythrina gliricidia millettia tolu tree ,Myroxylon toluiferum ,tolu balsam tree ,Myroxylon balsamum Peruvian balsam ,Myroxylon balsamum pereirae ,Myroxylon pereirae necklace tree Piscidia erythrina ,Piscidia piscipula ,Jamaica dogwood ,fish fuddle quira Pongamia glabra ,Indian beech kiaat ,bloodwood tree ,Pterocarpus angolensis Pterocarpus indicus ,padouk ,amboyna ,padauk Burmese rosewood ,Burma padauk ,Pterocarpus macrocarpus Pterocarpus marsupium ,kino red sanders ,red sandalwood ,red sanderswood ,red saunders ,Pterocarpus santalinus carib wood ,Sabinea carinalis Sesbania grandiflora ,scarlet wisteria tree ,vegetable hummingbird Chinese scholar tree ,Japanese pagoda tree ,Sophora sinensis ,Chinese scholartree ,Sophora japonica Sophora secundiflora ,mescal bean ,frijolito ,frijolillo ,coral bean kowhai ,Sophora tetraptera tipu ,yellow jacaranda ,pride of Bolivia ,tipu tree Virgilia oroboides ,keurboom ,Virgilia capensis Virgilia divaricata ,keurboom palm ,palm tree lemonwood tree ,dagame ,Calycophyllum candidissimum coffee tree ,coffee cinchona ,chinchona Sarcocephalus diderrichii ,opepe ,Nauclea diderrichii Psychotria capensis ,lemonwood tree ,lemon-wood tree ,lemon-wood ,lemonwood wild medlar ,Vangueria infausta ,wild medlar tree ,medlar Vangueria madagascariensis ,Spanish tamarind incense tree mahogany ,mahogany tree azedarach ,azederach ,China tree ,Persian lilac ,Melia azederach ,chinaberry tree ,chinaberry ,Melia azedarach ,pride-of-India neem tree ,arishth ,Melia Azadirachta ,margosa ,nim tree ,neem ,Azadirachta indica Chloroxylon swietenia ,satinwood ,satinwood tree silver ash lanseh tree ,langsat ,Lansium domesticum ,langset African walnut ,Lovoa klaineana turreae lepidobotrys Ruptiliocarpon caracolito ,caracolito Phellodendron amurense ,cork tree Poncirus trifoliata ,trifoliate orange ,trifoliata ,wild orange prickly ash bitterwood tree Kirkia wilmsii ,pepper tree willow tree ,willow true sandalwood ,sandalwood tree ,Santalum album Eucarya acuminata ,quandang ,Fusanus acuminatus ,quandong tree ,quandong aalii soapberry ,soapberry tree Schinus chichita ,aroeira blanca molle ,Peruvian mastic tree ,pepper tree ,Schinus molle Schinus terebinthifolius ,Brazilian pepper tree Diospyros ebenum ,ebony tree ,ebony marble-wood ,Andaman marble ,Diospyros kurzii ,marblewood balata ,Manilkara bidentata ,balata tree ,beefwood ,bully tree Palaquium gutta ,gutta-percha tree gutta-percha tree mammee ,marmalade tree ,sapote ,Pouteria zapota ,Calocarpum zapota Ceratopetalum gummiferum ,Christmas tree ,Christmas bush plane tree ,sycamore ,platan calabash ,calabash tree ,Crescentia cujete princewood ,Spanish elm ,Cordia gerascanthus white mangrove ,Avicennia officinalis black mangrove ,Aegiceras majus Tectona grandis ,teak snag timber tree treelet arbor bean tree pollard sapling shade tree gymnospermous tree angiospermous tree ,flowering tree fever tree bonsai nakedwood hazel ,hazel tree ,Pomaderris apetala tree of knowledge

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woody plant ,ligneous plant

MEMBERS

sapwood duramen ,heartwood stump ,tree stump treetop ,crown limb ,tree branch tree trunk ,bole ,trunk burl

tree, tree diagram

a figure that branches from a single root :"genealogical tree"

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cladogram stemma

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plane figure ,two-dimensional figure

Tree, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree

English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917)

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thespian ,actor ,histrion ,role player ,player theatrical producer

VERB

corner, tree

force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape

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direct ,maneuver ,steer ,manoeuver ,manoeuvre ,guide ,head ,point ,channelise ,channelize

tree

plant with trees :"this lot should be treed so that the house will be shaded in summer"

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plant ,set

chase an animal up a tree :"the hunters treed the bear with dogs and killed it", "her dog likes to tree squirrels"

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chase ,chase after ,tag ,trail ,go after ,dog ,tail ,track ,give chase

tree, shoetree

stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree

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stretch ,elongate

ADJECTIVE

ADVERB

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