tree

/trˈi/

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Definitions

Noun
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
Noun
a figure that branches from a single root; "genealogical tree"
Noun
English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917)
Verb
force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape
Verb
plant with trees; "this lot should be treed so that the house will be shaded in summer"
Verb
chase an animal up a tree; "the hunters treed the bear with dogs and killed it"; "her dog likes to tree squirrels"
Verb
stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree

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aalii acacia Acrocarpus fraxinifolius Adenanthera pavonina Aegiceras majus African sandalwood African walnut albizia albizzia alder alder tree Alstonia scholaris amboyna American olive Andaman marble andelmin angelim angiospermous tree anise tree arbor arere arishth aroeira blanca ash ash tree Australian nettle Australian nettle tree Avicennia officinalis Azadirachta indica azedarach azederach balata balata tree Baphia nitida Barbados pride basswood bayberry bay-rum tree bean tree beech beech tree beefwood birch birch tree bitterwood tree black mangrove blackwood blackwood tree bloodwood tree blue fig Bombax ceiba Bombax malabarica bonduc bonduc tree bonsai bottle tree bottle-tree Brachystegia speciformis brazilian ironwood Brazilian pepper tree brazilwood breakax breakaxe break-axe Brisbane quandong Brya ebenus bully tree Burma padauk Burmese rosewood Butea frondosa Butea monosperma button mangrove button tree cabbage tree Caesalpinia bonduc Caesalpinia bonducella Caesalpinia coriaria Caesalpinia echinata Caesalpinia ferrea calaba calabash calabash tree calabur tree calabura Calocarpum zapota Calophyllum calaba Calophyllum candidissimum Calophyllum longifolium Calycophyllum candidissimum camachile camwood caracolito carib wood Caryocar nuciferum cassia Castanea chrysophylla Castanopsis chrysophylla casuarina Ceratopetalum gummiferum Cercidium floridum Ceylon gooseberry chaulmoogra chaulmoogra tree chaulmugra chestnut chestnut tree chicot China tree chinaberry chinaberry tree chinchona Chinese parasol Chinese parasol tree Chinese scholar tree Chinese scholartree Chloroxylon swietenia Christmas bush Christmas tree Chrysolepis chrysophylla cinchona cladogram clusia Clusia flava cockspur cocobolo coffee coffee tree conacaste conessi Conocarpus erectus coral bean coral tree coralwood coral-wood Cordia gerascanthus Cordyline australis cork tree Crescentia cujete dagame dak Dalbergia cearensis Dalbergia retusa Dalbergia sissoo devil tree devilwood dhak dhava dhawa Diospyros ebenum Diospyros kurzii dipterocarp dita dita bark divi-divi Dovyalis hebecarpa Drimys winteri ebony ebony tree Elaeocarpus grandis elephant''s ear elm elm tree Enterolobium cyclocarpa erythrina Eucarya acuminata evergreen beech fever tree fig tree firewheel tree Firmiana simplex fish fuddle flowering tree frijolillo frijolito fringe tree Fusanus acuminatus giant chinkapin gliricidia golden chinkapin granadilla tree granadillo grass tree guama Guinea pepper gum gum tree gutta-percha tree Gymnocladus dioica gymnospermous tree hackberry hazel hazel tree Hoheria populnea Holarrhena antidysenterica Holarrhena pubescens hop hornbeam hornbeam houhere huamachil Hydnocarpus kurzii Hydnocarpus laurifolia Hydnocarpus wightiana ice-cream bean idesia Idesia polycarpa incense tree Indian beech inga Inga edulis Inga laurina ironwood ironwood tree ivory tree Jamaica bayberry Jamaica dogwood Jamaican cherry Japanese pagoda tree Japanese varnish tree Kentucky coffee tree ketembilla ketembilla tree keurboom kiaat kingwood kingwood tree kino Kirkia wilmsii kitambilla kitembilla kowhai kurchee kurchi lacebark Laguncularia racemosa lancewood lancewood tree langsat langset lanseh tree Lansium domesticum laurelwood lead tree lemonwood lemon-wood lemonwood tree lemon-wood tree lepidobotrys Leucadendron argenteum Leucaena glauca Leucaena leucocephala lime lime tree linden linden tree Lithocarpus densiflorus locust locust tree Lovoa klaineana Lysiloma bahamensis Lysiloma latisiliqua mahogany mahogany tree mammee manila tamarind Manilkara bidentata maple-leaved bayur marblewood marble-wood margosa Maria marmalade tree mayeng medlar Melia Azadirachta Melia azedarach Melia azederach Meryta sinclairii mescal bean Mesua ferrea millettia molle Montezuma msasa Muntingia calabura Myroxylon balsamum Myroxylon balsamum pereirae Myroxylon pereirae Myroxylon toluiferum nakedwood Nauclea diderrichii necklace tree neem neem tree negro pepper nettle tree nim tree nitta tree oak oak chestnut oak tree obeche obechi opepe Orites excelsa Osmanthus americanus Oxandra lanceolata padauk padouk Palaquium gutta palas palm palm tree palo verde pandanus Parkinsonia florida peachwood peach-wood peacock flower fence pepper tree pernambuco wood Persian lilac Peruvian balsam Peruvian mastic tree Phellodendron amurense phoenix tree Pimenta acris Piscidia erythrina Piscidia piscipula Pisonia aculeata Pithecellobium dulce Plagianthus betulinus Plagianthus regius plane tree platan pollard Pomaderris apetala Poncirus trifoliata Pongamia glabra poon Pouteria zapota prickly ash pride of Bolivia pride-of-India princewood Pseudobombax ellipticum Psychotria capensis Pterocarpus angolensis Pterocarpus indicus Pterocarpus macrocarpus Pterocarpus marsupium Pterocarpus santalinus Pterospermum acerifolium puka quandang quandong quandong tree quira red sandalwood red sanders red sanderswood red saunders red silk-cotton tree ribbon tree ribbonwood rose chestnut rosewood rosewood tree Ruptiliocarpon caracolito Sabinea carinalis samba sandalwood tree Santa Maria tree Santalum album sapling sapote Sarcocephalus diderrichii satinwood satinwood tree scarlet wisteria tree Schinus chichita Schinus molle Schinus terebinthifolius screw pine scrub beefwood Sesbania grandiflora shade tree shaving-brush tree shingle tree silk wood silkwood silver ash silver quandong tree silver tree simal sisham sissoo sissu Sloanea jamaicensis snag soapberry soapberry tree Sophora japonica Sophora secundiflora Sophora sinensis Sophora tetraptera souari souari nut souari tree southern beech Spanish elm Spanish tamarind stemma Stenocarpus salignus Stenocarpus sinuatus sycamore tanbark oak Taraktagenos kurzii Taraktogenos kurzii Tarrietia argyrodendron teak Tectona grandis timber tree tipu tipu tree tolu balsam tree tolu tree tree of knowledge treelet trifoliata trifoliate orange Triplochiton scleroxcylon true sandalwood tulipwood tree turreae Vangueria infausta Vangueria madagascariensis vegetable hummingbird Virgilia capensis Virgilia divaricata Virgilia oroboides wheel tree white mangrove white popinac wild cinnamon wild fig wild medlar wild medlar tree wild orange wild tamarind willow willow tree winter''s bark winter''s bark tree Xylopia aethiopica yellow jacaranda yellowwood yellowwood tree zebrawood zebrawood tree