branching tree

  • 21tree — n. & v. 1 a a perennial plant with a woody self supporting main stem or trunk when mature and usu. unbranched for some distance above the ground (cf. SHRUB(1)). b any similar plant having a tall erect usu. single stem, e.g. palm tree. 2 a piece… …

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  • 22Tree (disambiguation) — A tree is a woody plant.Tree may also refer to: *Tree structure, a way of representing the hierarchical nature of a structure in a graphical form *Tree (data structure), a widely used computer data structure that emulates a tree structure with a… …

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  • 23tree of life — 1. a. [translation of New Latin arbor vitae] : arborvitae 1 b. : bhutan cypress c. : date I 1 2. : a highly convention …

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  • 24tree — /tri:/ noun (C) 1 a very tall plant that has a wooden trunk, branches, and leaves, and lives for many years: We planted an orange tree in the backyard. | Children love to climb trees. 2 a drawing with many branching lines that shows how several… …

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  • 25Tree of Life Web Project — The Tree of Life Web Project is an ongoing Internet project providing information about the diversity and phylogeny of life on Earth. This collaborative peer reviewed project began in 1995, and is written by biologists from around the world. The… …

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  • 26tree — noun 1》 a woody perennial plant typically with a single stem or trunk growing to a considerable height and bearing lateral branches. 2》 a wooden structure or part of a structure.     ↘archaic or literary the cross on which Christ was crucified.… …

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  • 27branching — Synonyms and related words: V shaped, Y shaped, arboreal, arborescence, arborescent, arboriform, arborization, bifidity, biforked, biforking, bifurcate, bifurcated, bifurcation, bipartition, bisected, bisection, bowery, branched, branching off,… …

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  • 28branching — I noun the act of branching out or dividing into branches • Syn: ↑ramification, ↑fork, ↑forking • Derivationally related forms: ↑fork (for: ↑forking), ↑ …

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  • 29tree-shaped — adjective resembling a tree in form and branching structure arborescent coral found off the coast of Bermuda dendriform sponges • Syn: ↑arboreal, ↑arboreous, ↑arborescent, ↑arboresque, ↑arboriform, ↑d …

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  • 30tree coral — noun : an arborescent coral; usually : a large branching ivory coral found especially off the coast of Bermuda …

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