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Tree

Noun1.tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
forest, woods, wood - the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
yellowwood tree, yellowwood - any of various trees having yellowish wood or yielding a yellow extract
Oxandra lanceolata, lancewood, lancewood tree - source of most of the lancewood of commerce
negro pepper, Xylopia aethiopica, Guinea pepper - tropical west African evergreen tree bearing pungent aromatic seeds used as a condiment and in folk medicine
anise tree - any of several evergreen shrubs and small trees of the genus Illicium
Drimys winteri, winter's bark tree, winter's bark - South American evergreen tree yielding winter's bark and a light soft wood similar to basswood
zebrawood tree, zebrawood - any of various trees or shrubs having mottled or striped wood
Brya ebenus, granadilla tree, granadillo - West Indian tree yielding a fine grade of green ebony
acacia - any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia
Adenanthera pavonina, Barbados pride, coral-wood, coralwood, peacock flower fence, red sandalwood - East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental
albizia, albizzia - any of numerous trees of the genus Albizia
conacaste, Enterolobium cyclocarpa, elephant's ear - tropical South American tree having a wide-spreading crown of bipinnate leaves and coiled ear-shaped fruits; grown for shade and ornament as well as valuable timber
inga - any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers; cultivated as ornamentals
ice-cream bean, Inga edulis - ornamental evergreen tree with masses of white flowers; tropical and subtropical America
guama, Inga laurina - tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers; used as shade for coffee plantations
lead tree, Leucaena glauca, Leucaena leucocephala, white popinac - low scrubby tree of tropical and subtropical North America having white flowers tinged with yellow resembling mimosa and long flattened pods
Lysiloma bahamensis, Lysiloma latisiliqua, wild tamarind - a tree of the West Indies and Florida and Mexico; resembles tamarind and has long flat pods
nitta tree - any of several Old World tropical trees of the genus Parkia having heads of red or yellow flowers followed by pods usually containing edible seeds and pulp
camachile, huamachil, manila tamarind, Pithecellobium dulce, wild tamarind - common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum
Alstonia scholaris, devil tree, dita, dita bark - evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes; bark formerly used medicinally
conessi, Holarrhena antidysenterica, Holarrhena pubescens, ivory tree, kurchee, kurchi - tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea
Meryta sinclairii, puka - small round-headed New Zealand tree having large resinous leaves and panicles of green-white flowers
Pisonia aculeata, cockspur - small spiny West Indian tree
screw pine, pandanus - any of various Old World tropical palmlike trees having huge prop roots and edible conelike fruits and leaves like pineapple leaves
Hoheria populnea, houhere, lacebark, ribbonwood - small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage
Plagianthus betulinus, Plagianthus regius, ribbon tree, ribbonwood - deciduous New Zealand tree whose inner bark yields a strong fiber that resembles flax and is called New Zealand cotton
tulipwood tree - any of various trees yielding variously colored woods similar to true tulipwood
2.tree - a figure that branches from a single root; "genealogical tree"
plane figure, two-dimensional figure - a two-dimensional shape
cladogram - a tree diagram used to illustrate phylogenetic relationships
stemma - a tree diagram showing a reconstruction of the transmission of manuscripts of a literary work
3.Tree - English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917)
actor, histrion, thespian, role player, player - a theatrical performer
theatrical producer - someone who produces theatrical performances
Verb1.tree - chase a bear up a tree with dogs and kill it
hunt, hunt down, track down, run - pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods"

 

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