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Fast growing function based on Kruskal's tree theorem.
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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 trees in a Sentence
Something blue in the shadow of the trees caught her attention.
And when he came out of those trees without you...
It started with Crocus and Jonquils and then the fruit trees as the weather grew warmer.
And when I came out of those trees, I thought the worst too... when I saw you and Josh together.
It was hard to tell, but there were no trees ahead, so it must be the clearing.
Trees whipped her body, but she drove herself forward.
Early in May, the oaks, hickories, maples, and other trees, just putting out amidst the pine woods around the pond, imparted a brightness like sunshine to the landscape, especially in cloudy days, as if the sun were breaking through mists and shining faintly on the hillsides here and there.
Now he rode beside Ilyin under the birch trees, occasionally plucking leaves from a branch that met his hand, sometimes touching his horse's side with his foot, or, without turning round, handing a pipe he had finished to an hussar riding behind him, with as calm and careless an air as though he were merely out for a ride.
The trees were dripping.
Only low brush could grow in so small a space... no trees to prevent a vehicle from plunging into the forested mountain ranges below and beyond.
They ran through the forest toward the cliff, then ducked deeper into the forest before the trees gave way at the cliff.
There were no trees for shade, and Iliana.s labored breathing worried her.
Heading up the walk to the mansion, he stopped for a moment to take in the trees that were just beginning to change color.
The road remained in the trees and it seemed like hours before he was once again in the open and able to see the valley before him.
She walked slowly, taking in everything from the patches of blue sky visible through the trees to the spring flowers sprinkling the forest floor.
The tall trees were draped in a white robe that had drifted to the earth, not snarled their way downward like the wind driven Eastern storms where snow was a dirty word, not the magical hush that mother nature bestowed on the mountains of the west.
In it there are numberless trees and flowers and rivers and waterfalls, and other things to make the heart glad.
A breeze swept over the tops of the trees to make them sway but didn't reach the still air of the forest floor.
You wore that dress the same color as the blooming apple trees.
They crossed Canyon Creek and the site of an avalanche a few years earlier, now evidenced by the rubble of broken, twisted trees and displaced earth.
She started toward the house, glancing at the trees.
She couldn't see it through the rows of trees.
It was all laid out into lovely lawns and gardens, with pebble paths leading through them and groves of beautiful and stately trees dotting the landscape here and there.
At Christmas time he scattered crumbs of bread under the trees, so that the tiny creatures could feast and be happy.
An energy crop could be a permanent forest of trees that convert sunlight to liquid fuel and deliver the fuel directly through their roots to a network of underground pipelines.
Along the broad country road, edged on both sides by trees, came a high, light blue Viennese caleche, slightly creaking on its springs and drawn by six horses at a smart trot.
Rostov riding in front gave the order "Forward!" and the hussars, with clanking sabers and subdued talk, their horses' hoofs splashing in the mud, defiled in fours and moved along the broad road planted with birch trees on each side, following the infantry and a battery that had gone on in front.
She hurried after him, glancing nervously at the jumble of rocks and trees.
Darkyn would find her no matter what, but she had the urge to see trees.
His wife motioned toward the mine entrance out of sight in the rocks and trees.
Deidre started down the trail, holding out her hands to the pine trees.
She nodded and swallowed then motioned him away from the lake, towards the trees.
He stepped out on the front porch, phone to his ear as his gaze probed through the trees.
Stepping quickly onto the patio, she was able to make out the shapes of tall pine trees.
The narrow black highway ribboned smoothly down hill under a canopy of trees.
And then she saw the red dog running through the trees.
They'd circled it twice, but the blast had scorched dirt, trees, and any traces of Lana over a hundred meters in every direction beyond the crater.
She led him to the other side, where a group of toddlers were playing with toys carved from the forest's trees.
It was dark. The dual moons of the underworld were high overhead, another sign she hadn't slept more than an hour or two. The trees overhead hissed as the branches moved like snakes in a soft breeze. Gabriel held out a hand and pulled her up, silent despite his size and small armory of weapons.
You can't imagine how many trees there are.
They live and feed in the wood of trees.
The larger trees are sawn up into planks and battens, much used for the purposes of the builder, especially for flooring, joists and rafters.
There is a great variety of fine timber trees.
She considered throwing the tasteless food cubes to the trees he warned her against feeding every day.
Katie's gaze flickered from the snake-like movement of lively jungle trees to Gabe's back.
He stalked off into the forest, away from the castle and cliff. Toby clambered through the brush and trees after him, the angel's footsteps loud where Rhyn's were silent. Rhyn found a deer path and followed it until he reached a snowy meadow. Crossing it, he continued to look for a place to stash the angel where the kid wouldn't freeze to death. After another hour of walking, he found a small pocket in the roots of a massive tree.
The crack grew fast, flying down the trail towards Gabriel. The sound of the earth tearing grew louder. The trees on either side of her expanded, quickly doubling and then quadrupling in size. Afraid of being crushed between them, Katie darted off the trail towards Andre, who ran ahead of her.
The two trees whose girth had been small enough for her wrap her arms around had expanded in width and height, reaching towards the gray sky of the underworld. Katie craned her neck, unable to see the tops of the trees. Their trunks had grown outward from the trail until they were as wide as a football field. Their massive roots ruptured the ground that had been the trail, creating a ravine she could see even from their safe distance.
There are signs when Death is in her fortress. I might be able to see the trees in their defensive positions from here.
Toby didn't answer, unwilling to admit just how much Ully's words stung. He led them deeper into the jungle. The branches hurried to create a path for him, and he smiled at them. According to his angel memories, the trees were more than trees in Death's underworld. They were alive.