tree
/tɹiː/ noun A1- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- A device used to hold or stretch a shoe open. · He put a shoe tree in each of his shoes.
- The structural frame of a saddle.
- A connected graph with no cycles or, if the graph is finite, equivalently a connected graph with n vertices and n−1 edges.
- A recursive data structure in which each node has zero or more nodes as children, but does not share children with other nodes.
- 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.
Plural trees
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There were lovely patches of greensward all about, with stately trees bearing rich and luscious fruits.
Banks of gorgeous flowers were on every hand, and birds with rare and brilliant plumage sang and fluttered in the trees and bushes.
The three Munchkins bowed low to her and wished her a pleasant journey, after which they walked away through the trees.
Toto ran over to the trees and began to bark at the birds sitting there.
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