tree

Definitions

• 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.
• Any plant that is reminiscent of the above but not classified as a tree (in any botanical sense).
• An object made from a tree trunk and having multiple hooks or storage platforms.
• A device used to hold or stretch a shoe open.
• The structural frame of a saddle.
• (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.
• (computing theory) A recursive data structure in which each node has zero or more nodes as children.
• (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.
• Any structure or construct having branches representing divergence or possible choices.
• The structure or wooden frame used in the construction of a saddle used in horse riding.
• (in the plural) Marijuana.
• (obsolete) A cross or gallows.
• (obsolete) Wood; timber.
• (chemistry) A mass of crystals, aggregated in arborescent forms, obtained by precipitation of a metal from solution.
• (cartomancy) The fifth Lenormand card.
• (uncountable)