tree

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   A perennial woody plant taller and larger than a shrub with a wooden trunk and, at some distance from the ground, having leaves and branches.

   • Hyperion is the tallest living tree in the world.
   • Birds have a nest in a tree in the garden.
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   Any other plant (such as a large shrub or herb) that is reminiscent of the above in form and size.

   • The banana tree is a tall perennial herb: its trunk is not woody.
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   An object made from a tree trunk and having multiple hooks or storage platforms.

   • He had the choice of buying a scratching post or a cat tree.
4. 4

   A device used to hold or stretch a shoe open.

   • He put a shoe tree in each of his shoes.
5. 5

   The structural frame of a saddle.

6. 6

   A connected graph with no cycles or, if the graph is finite, equivalently a connected graph with n vertices and n−1 edges.

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   A recursive data structure in which each node has zero or more nodes as children, but does not share children with other nodes.

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   A display or listing of entries or elements such that there are primary and secondary entries shown, usually linked by drawn lines or by indenting to the right.

   • We’ll show it as a tree list.
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   Any structure or construct having branches representing divergence or possible choices.

   • family tree; skill tree
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    The structure or wooden frame used in the construction of a saddle used in horse riding.

syn. sapling · seedling · tree

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   To chase (an animal or person) up a tree.transitive

   • The dog treed the cat.
2. 2

   To place in a tree.transitive

   • Black bears can tree their cubs for protection, but grizzly bears cannot.
3. 3

   To place upon a shoe tree; to fit with a shoe tree; to stretch upon a shoe tree.transitive

   • to tree a boot
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   To take refuge in a tree.intransitive

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