Tree

Quick meaning: Tree is a noun meaning Any other plant (such as a large shrub or herb) that is reminiscent of the above in form and size.

Meaning

Any other plant (such as a large shrub or herb) that is reminiscent of the above in form and size.

More Meanings

1. An object made from a tree trunk and having multiple hooks or storage platforms.
2. A device used to hold or stretch a shoe open.
3. The structural frame of a saddle.
4. (graph theory) A connected graph with no cycles or, if the graph is finite, equivalently a connected graph with n vertices and n−1 edges.
5. 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.
6. (computing theory) A recursive data structure in which each node has zero or more nodes as children, but does not share children with other nodes.
7. (graphical user interface) 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.

Example Sentences

We’ll show it as a tree list.

He put a shoe tree in each of his shoes.

Birds have a nest in a tree in the garden.

Hyperion is the tallest living tree in the world.

Word Forms

• trees
• treen
• tre
• treeing
• treed

Synonyms for tree

Depending on context, synonyms include sapling, seedling.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include foliage, shrub, bole, treeline, plant, trunk.

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