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tree
- pronunciation:
- tri
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noun |
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a plant that has a long main trunk and many branches. Trees usually grow quite tall.
The tree was covered with leaves.
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| related words: |
bush |
| derivations: |
treeless (adj.), treelike (adj.) |
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broader category that includes trees |
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plant |
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see/see also tree |
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plant |
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some activities with trees |
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blaze, cut, grow, log, plant, prune |
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some categories of trees |
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deciduous, perennial |
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some examples of trees |
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alder, almond, apple, apricot, ash, aspen, balsa, balsam fir, beech, birch, butternut, cacao, carob, cashew, cedar, cherry, chestnut, coconut, cork, crab apple, cypress, dogwood, ebony, elm, eucalyptus, fir, guava, hawthorn, hazel, hemlock, hickory, holly, juniper, larch, laurel, lemon, lime, magnolia, mahogany, maple, mulberry, oak, olive, papaya, peach, pear, pecan, pine, pistachio, pomegranate, poplar, redwood, rhododendron, sequoia, spruce, sumac, walnut, willow, yew |
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some kinds of trees |
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citrus, conifer, evergreen, flowering, fruit, palm |
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some parts of trees |
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bark, bough, branch, bud, crown, flower, foliage, frond, knot, leaf, needle, root, thorn, trunk, twig |
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some people associated with trees |
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logger, lumberjack |
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some people who study trees |
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naturalist |
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some places for trees |
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arbor, brush, forest, grove, jungle, nursery, orchard, thicket, wilderness |
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some things trees provide |
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amber, beauty, chocolate, coffee, cork, dyes, ebony, food, fuel, furniture, gums, hardwood, houses, log, lumber, maple syrup, medicine, oils, oxygen, paper, plastics, poles, resin, rubber, shade, shelter, spices, textiles, tools, turpentine |
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some things built in trees |
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cocoon, hive, nest |
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some things produced by trees |
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acorn, camphor, cone, fruit, nut, resin |
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young trees |
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sapling, seedling |
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