2. Verb. (third-person singular of tree) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Trees
1. tree [v] - See also: tree
Medical Definition of Trees
1. Woody, usually tall, perennial higher plants (angiosperms, gymnosperms, and some pterophyta) having usually a main stem and numerous branches. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trees
Literary usage of Trees
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion by James George Frazer (1900)
"The Died tribe of South Australia regard as very sacred certain trees which are
supposed to be their fathers transformed ; hence they ..."
2. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"APPENDIX I. trees THE prevailing trees (I speak only of what I saw) on the east and
... Both are tall and slender trees. The arbor-vitse, which is of a more ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"In the South the trees may be ready for setting in the orchard during the autumn;
in the North the buds do not grow until the following spring and the trees ..."
4. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"The roads form zigzags between the thick-set pine-trees under rocks with angular
faces ... The warm air was filled with a resinous odour, and roots of trees ..."
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