tree

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♦♦ tree /tr'iː/ (trees)
1 [N-COUNT] oft n N
A tree is a tall plant that has a hard trunk, branches, and leaves.
I planted those apple trees.
...a variety of shrubs and trees.
see also Christmas tree, family tree
2 [PHRASE] V inflects, usu cont
If you say that someone is barking up the wrong tree, you mean that they are following the wrong course of action because their beliefs or ideas about something are incorrect. (INFORMAL)
Scientists in Switzerland realised that most other researchers had been barking up the wrong tree.
3 [PHRASE] V inflects
If someone can't see the wood for the trees in British English, or can't see the forest for the trees in American English, they are very involved in the details of something and so they do not notice what is important about the thing as a whole.
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the top of the tree: see topChrist|mas tree (Christmas trees)
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A Christmas tree is a fir tree, or an artificial tree that looks like a fir tree, which people put in their houses at Christmas and decorate with coloured lights and ornaments.fami|ly tree (family trees)
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A family tree is a chart that shows all the people in a family over many generations and their relationship to one another.fir tree (fir trees)
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A fir tree is the same as a fir.gum tree (gum trees)
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A gum tree is a tree such as a eucalyptus that produces gum.tree trunk (tree trunks)
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A tree trunk is the wide central part of a tree, from which the branches grow.

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