TREE, tr[=e], _n._ a plant having a single trunk, woody, branched, and of a
large size: anything like a tree: wood, as in the compounds _axle-tree_,
_saddle-tree_, &c.: a cudgel: (_B._) a cross.--_v.t._ to drive into a tree,
to corner: to form on a tree.--_v.i._ to take refuge in a tree.--_ns._
TREE'-CAC'TUS, the giant cactus or saguaro; TREE'-CALF, a light-brown calf
bookbinding, stained by acids into a conventional pattern, supposed to
resemble the trunk of a tree and its branches; TREE'-DOVE, one of many
arboricole Indian pigeons; TREE'-FERN, a fern with a tree-like, woody stem,
and a head of fronds resembling the leaves of palms, found only in tropical
countries; TREE'-FROG, a family of Amphibians, more closely related in
structure to the toads than to frogs proper.--_adjs._ TREE'LESS, having no
trees; TR[=EE]N, wooden, made of wood: (_Spens._) of trees.--_ns._
TREE'NAIL, TRE'NAIL, a long wooden pin or nail to fasten the planks of a
ship to the timbers; TREE'-NYMPH, a hamadryad; TREE'-OF-LIB'ERTY, a tree
dedicated to liberty, set up in some public place; TREE'-OF-LIFE, arbor
vitae: a tree in the garden of Eden, described in Gen. ii. 9; TREE'SHIP,
existence as a tree; TREE'-TOP, the top of a tree; TREE'-WOR'SHIP,
dendrolatry. [A.S. _tre['o]_, _tre['o]w_; Ice. _tr['e]_, Gr. _drus_, Sans.
_dru_.]