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tree
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- pronunciation:
- tri
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a perennial woody plant consisting of roots, a trunk, and branches, usu. growing to a substantial height.
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| definition 2: |
any of a variety of shrubs, bushes, or plants similar to a tree in shape or size.
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| definition 3: |
any object resembling a tree.
a clothes tree |
| definition 4: |
a chart that illustrates family lineage.
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| related words: |
bush, timber |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
trees, treeing, treed |
| definition: |
to force to climb up a tree in evasion of danger.
A big dog treed our cat.
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| 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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