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tree

[tree] / tri /
NOUN
large plant enclosed in bark and shedding leaves
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The author has a gift for describing pristine lowland forests and the majesty of trees more than 1,000 years old, and equal deftness in showing the horror of their devastation by logging and fire.

From The Wall Street Journal

His family said he had been walking a 10-minute route home and police said he was speaking to a friend on the phone, arranging to meet near a certain tree in Trittiford Mill Park.

From BBC

"We need more street trees, rain gardens and other green infrastructure to keep the places where we live habitable," the report says.

From BBC

He has reported on tree murders in coastal Maine and a financial scandal in the world of pickleball.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mumford is a nice street with lots of big shade trees.

From Literature