a tall plant that can live a long time. Trees have a thick central wooden stem (the TRUNK) from which branches grow, usually with leaves on them:
an oak / an ash / a pine tree * to plant a tree * to chop / cut down a tree * They followed a path through the trees.
compareBUSH, SHRUB
seealsoBAYTREE, CHRISTMASTREE, FAMILYTREE, GUMTREE, PLANETREE
IDIOMS see BARKv., FOREST, GROW, TOPn., WOOD
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