English Dictionary

tree

/tɹiː/

noun

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.

The tall tree provided shade on a hot summer day.

意味（1）

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.

Hyperion is the tallest living tree in the world.

意味（2）

Any plant that is reminiscent of the above but not classified as a tree (in any botanical sense).

the banana tree

意味（3）

An object made from a tree trunk and having multiple hooks or storage platforms.

He had the choice of buying a scratching post or a cat tree.

意味（4）

A device used to hold or stretch a shoe open.

He put a shoe tree in each of his shoes.

意味（5）

The structural frame of a saddle.

意味（6）

(graph theory) A connected graph with no cycles or, if the graph is finite, equivalently a connected graph with n vertices and n−1 edges.

意味（7）

(computing theory) A recursive data structure in which each node has zero or more nodes as children.

意味（8）

(graphical user interface) A display or listing of entries or elements such that there are primary and secondary entries shown, usually linked by drawn lines or by indenting to the right.

We’ll show it as a tree list.

意味（9）

Any structure or construct having branches representing divergence or possible choices.

family tree; skill tree

意味（10）

The structure or wooden frame used in the construction of a saddle used in horse riding.

意味（11）

(in the plural, slang) Marijuana.

I like good pussy and I like good trees / Smoke so much weed you wouldn't believe

意味（12）

(obsolete) A cross or gallows.

Tyburn tree

意味（13）

(chemistry) A mass of crystals, aggregated in arborescent forms, obtained by precipitation of a metal from solution.

意味（14）

(cartomancy) The fifth Lenormand card.

意味（15）

(uncountable, mathematics) Alternative letter-case form of TREE.