noun
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Fast growing function based on Kruskal's tree theorem.
noun
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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.
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Birds have a nest in a tree in the garden.
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Any plant that is reminiscent of the above but not classified as a tree (in any botanical sense).
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the banana tree
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An object made from a tree trunk and having multiple hooks or storage platforms.
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He had the choice of buying a scratching post or a cat tree.
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A device used to hold or stretch a shoe open.
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He put a shoe tree in each of his shoes.
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The structural frame of a saddle.
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A connected graph with no cycles or, if the graph is finite, equivalently a connected graph with n vertices and n−1 edges.
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A recursive data structure in which each node has zero or more nodes as children.
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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.
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We’ll show it as a tree list.
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Any structure or construct having branches representing divergence or possible choices.
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family tree; skill tree
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The structure or wooden frame used in the construction of a saddle used in horse riding.
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(in the plural) Marijuana.
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A cross or gallows.
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Tyburn tree
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Wood; timber.
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A mass of crystals, aggregated in arborescent forms, obtained by precipitation of a metal from solution.
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The fifth Lenormand card.
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To chase (an animal or person) up a tree.
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The dog treed the cat.
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To place in a tree.
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Black bears can tree their cubs for protection, but grizzly bears cannot.
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To place upon a tree; to fit with a tree; to stretch upon a tree.
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to tree a boot
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To take refuge in a tree.
Examples of tree in a Sentence
The Christmas tree could only be seen from the back of the house, but that didn't matter.
I have many tree friends in Wrentham.
Who made tree grow in house?
One day he was lying under a tree, thinking of his misfortunes.
On reaching a large oak tree that had not yet shed its leaves, he stopped and beckoned mysteriously to them with his hand.
He had climbed many a tree when he was a boy.
The tree swayed and strained.
A dark form moved at the edge of the tree line and when she shined the flashlight in that direction, the light reflected off more than one pair of eyes.
They have sequenced the cacao tree, the mosquito, coral, the Tasmanian devil, the bald eagle, the leafcutter ant, a germ that attacks wheat plants, and the extinct woolly mammoth.
I had another tree friend, gentle and more approachable than the great oak--a linden that grew in the dooryard at Red Farm.
Who is there?--there beyond that field, that tree, that roof lit up by the sun?
Like a dog pissing on a tree to mark his territory?
Our last halt was under a wild cherry tree a short distance from the house.
After breakfast, they all retired to the entry room and gathered around the tree to open presents.
It smashed into a tree.
I felt my way to the end of the garden, knowing that the mimosa tree was near the fence, at the turn of the path.
He flung one of his knives at the tree line, not caring if he hit anything or not.
Striding to a tree, she barked an order.
The shade was grateful, and the tree was so easy to climb that with my teacher's assistance I was able to scramble to a seat in the branches.
It was so cool up in the tree that Miss Sullivan proposed that we have our luncheon there.
Birds flitted from tree to tree, chirping at each other and battling over the best roosting sights.
Tree ferns are found on the mountains above 4000 ft.
A real tree is the only way to go but they sure are a mess, especially out here in the dry air.
The forest was growing dark when he reached the tree to find the angel sitting in front of a dead fire, shaking with cold.
The tree grows to the height of 150 ft.
The blue-bird makes her nest in a hollow tree and her eggs are blue.
The eyes of the newcomer were the color of their Christmas tree.
Her gaze lingered on a small bunch of colorful flowers hugging the base of a tree.
She carefully began the trip down the tree.
Yet there it was, big as life, walking across the field toward the tree line.
She sagged against a tree.
She went to the window seat and stared past the old tree at the Farmstead, but it no longer beckoned.
Snow fell heavier, until she could barely see the next tree in front of her.
We were newly mated and made love under a tree near a fountain.
The tree was on fire but still standing.
She glanced around and spotted a familiar tree.
When she reached the tree, she could see the cabin.
It was raining, and in the brief flashes of lightning, she could see a tree down in the back yard.
Its delicate blossoms shrank from the slightest earthly touch; it seemed as if a tree of paradise had been transplanted to earth.
He had made his leap, he had seen the great world, and was content to stay in his pretty glass house under the big fuchsia tree until he attained the dignity of froghood.
I danced and capered round the tree in an ecstasy.
It was the first Christmas tree she had ever seen, and she was puzzled, and asked many questions.
She glanced up at Yancey, who was lounging against a tree watching her.
Martha had no siblings and Quinn had no idea of what might have sprouted from his alien family tree.
The leaves of the big oak tree were like silver filigree and the white cross beneath it looked iridescent.
His was the only form in one piece; he was propped up against the base of a tree.
For some reason, the flowers under that tree made her feel uneasy.
As she hacked at a young tree, she thought of Xander's words.
In the middle is an apple tree marked with a ring of stones.
It flung her against a tree then dropped her.