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   tree

   /triː/

   noun

   • 1. a woody perennial plant, typically having a single stem or trunk growing to a considerable height and bearing lateral branches at some distance from the ground: "we came to a small clearing in the trees"
   • ▪ (in general use) any bush, shrub, or herbaceous plant with a tall erect stem, e.g. a banana plant: "we move through groves of coconut and banana trees"
   • 2. a wooden structure or part of a structure: "Bill made the wooden trees upon which the saddle was built"
   • ▪ the cross on which Christ was crucified: archaic, literary "he suffered and died on the tree"
   • ▪ a gallows or gibbet: archaic "during the procession to the fatal tree at Tyburn he seemed much affected"
   • 3. a thing that has a branching structure resembling that of a tree: "our inward trees of nerves and blood vessels"
   • ▪ a diagram with a structure of branching connecting lines, representing different processes and relationships: "these organisms mostly occupy spaces at the base of evolutionary trees"

   verb

   • 1. force (a hunted animal) to take refuge in a tree: "their dogs crossed over on to private property and treed a raccoon"
   • ▪ force (someone) into a difficult situation: "I realized that my anxiety about this situation has me completely treed"

   Word Origin Old Englishtrēow, trēo: from a Germanic variant of an Indo-European root shared by Greek doru ‘wood, spear’, drus ‘oak’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. treelessness noun
   • 2. treelike adjective

   Scrabble Points: 4

   • T

     1

   • R

     1

   • E

     1

   • E

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