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_.]

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