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tree

/tɹiː/ · noun

Meaning

  1. Fast growing function based on Kruskal's tree theorem.
  2. A perennial woody plant, not exactly defined, but differentiated from a shrub by its larger size (typically over a few meters in height) or growth habit, usually having a single (or few) main axis or trunk unbranched for some distance above the ground and a head of branches and foliage.
  3. Any plant that is reminiscent of the above but not classified as a tree (in any botanical sense).
  4. An object made from a tree trunk and having multiple hooks or storage platforms.
  5. A device used to hold or stretch a shoe open.
  6. The structural frame of a saddle.
  7. A connected graph with no cycles or, if the graph is finite, equivalently a connected graph with n vertices and n−1 edges.
  8. To chase (an animal or person) up a tree.
  9. To place in a tree.
  10. To place upon a tree; to fit with a tree; to stretch upon a tree.
  11. To take refuge in a tree.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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