English > tree: 7 senses > noun 1, plant| Meaning | A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms. |
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| Member of | forest, wood, woods | The trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area |
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| Parts | burl | A large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree |
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| crown, treetop | The upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant |
| limb, tree branch | Any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree |
| stump, tree stump | The base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled |
| trunk, tree trunk, bole | The main stem of a tree |
| Narrower | African walnut, Lovoa klaineana | Tropical African timber tree with wood that resembles mahogany |
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| Australian nettle, Australian nettle tree | Any of several tall Australian trees of the genus Laportea |
| Brazilian pepper tree, Schinus terebinthifolius | small Brazilian evergreen resinous tree or shrub having dark green leaflets and white flowers followed by bright red fruit |
| Burma padauk, Burmese rosewood, Pterocarpus macrocarpus | Tree of India and Burma yielding a wood resembling mahogany |
| Chinese parasol tree, Chinese parasol, Japanese varnish tree, phoenix tree, Firmiana simplex | deciduous tree widely grown in southern United States as an ornamental for its handsome maplelike foliage and long racemes of yellow-green flowers followed by curious leaflike pods |
| Christmas bush, Christmas tree, Ceratopetalum gummiferum | Australian tree or shrub with red flowers |
| Guinea pepper, negro pepper, Xylopia aethiopica | Tropical west African evergreen tree bearing pungent aromatic seeds used as a condiment and in folk medicine |
| Hydnocarpus laurifolia, Hydnocarpus wightiana | leathery-leaved tree of western India bearing round fruits with brown densely hairy rind enclosing oily pulp that yields hydnocarpus oil |
| Indian beech, Pongamia glabra | evergreen Asiatic tree having glossy pinnate leaves and racemose creamy-white scented flowers |
| Jamaica dogwood, fish fuddle, Piscidia piscipula, Piscidia erythrina | small tree of West Indies and Florida having large odd-pinnate leaves and panicles of red-striped purple to white flowers followed by decorative curly winged seedpods |
| Jamaican cherry, calabur tree, calabura, silk wood, silkwood, Muntingia calabura | A fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit |
| Japanese pagoda tree, Chinese scholartree, Chinese scholar tree, Sophora japonica, Sophora sinensis | handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having compound dark green leaves and profuse panicles of fragrant creamy-white flowers |
| Kentucky coffee tree, bonduc, chicot, Gymnocladus dioica | handsome tree of central and eastern North America having large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute |
| Maria, Calophyllum longifolium | Valuable timber tree of Panama |
| Montezuma | evergreen tree with large leathery leaves and large pink to orange flowers |
| Peruvian balsam, Myroxylon pereirae, Myroxylon balsamum pereirae | Tree of South and Central America yielding an aromatic balsam / balsam |
| Spanish tamarind, Vangueria madagascariensis | shrubby tree of Madagascar / Madagascar occasionally cultivated for its edible apple-shaped fruit |
| aalii | A small Hawaiian tree with hard dark wood |
| acacia | Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia |
| albizzia, albizia | Any of numerous trees of the genus Albizia |
| alder, alder tree | north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit |
| angelim, andelmin | Any of several tropical American trees of the genus Andira |
| angiospermous tree, flowering tree | Any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary |
| anise tree | Any of several evergreen shrubs and small trees of the genus Illicium |
| arbor | Tree (as opposed to shrub) |
| aroeira blanca, Schinus chichita | small resinous tree or shrub of Brazil |
| ash, ash tree | Any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus |
| balata, balata tree, beefwood, bully tree, Manilkara bidentata | A tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber |
| bayberry, bay-rum tree, Jamaica bayberry, wild cinnamon, Pimenta acris | West Indian tree |
| bean tree | Any of several trees having seedpods as fruits |
| beech, beech tree | Any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs |
| birch, birch tree | Any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark |
| bitterwood tree | Any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste |
| black mangrove, Aegiceras majus | An Australian tree resembling the black mangrove of the West Indies and Florida |
| blackwood, blackwood tree | Any of several hardwood trees yielding very dark-colored wood |
| bloodwood tree, kiaat, Pterocarpus angolensis | deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers |
| bonduc, bonduc tree, Caesalpinia bonduc, Caesalpinia bonducella | Tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosaries |
| bonsai | A dwarfed ornamental tree or shrub grown in a tray or shallow pot |
| bottle-tree, bottle tree | An Australian tree of the genus Brachychiton |
| brazilian ironwood, Caesalpinia ferrea | thornless tree yielding heavy wood |
| brazilwood, peachwood, peach-wood, pernambuco wood, Caesalpinia echinata | Tropical tree with prickly trunk |
| breakax, breakaxe, break-axe, Sloanea jamaicensis | West Indian timber tree having very hard wood |
| button tree, button mangrove, Conocarpus erectus | evergreen tree or shrub with fruit resembling buttons and yielding heavy hard compact wood |
| cabbage tree, grass tree, Cordyline australis | Elegant tree having either a single trunk or a branching trunk each with terminal clusters of long narrow leaves and large panicles of fragrant white, yellow or red flowers |
| calaba, Santa Maria tree, Calophyllum calaba | West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice |
| calabash, calabash tree, Crescentia cujete | Tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds |
| camwood, African sandalwood, Baphia nitida | small shrubby African tree with hard wood used as a dyewood yielding a red dye |
| caracolito, Ruptiliocarpon caracolito | large Costa Rican tree having light-colored wood suitable for cabinetry |
| carib wood, Sabinea carinalis | small Dominican tree bearing masses of large crimson flowers before the fine pinnate foliage emerges |
| cassia | Any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cassia having pinnately compound leaves and usually yellow flowers followed by long seedpods |
| casuarina | Any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Casuarina having jointed stems and whorls of scalelike leaves |
| chaulmoogra, chaulmoogra tree, chaulmugra, Hydnocarpus kurzii, Taraktagenos kurzii, Taraktogenos kurzii | East Indian tree with oily seeds yield chaulmoogra oil used to treat leprosy |
| chestnut, chestnut tree | Any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn |
| chinaberry, chinaberry tree, China tree, Persian lilac, pride-of-India, azederach, azedarach, Melia azederach, Melia azedarach | Tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits |
| cinchona, chinchona | Any of several trees of the genus Cinchona |
| clusia | An aromatic tree of the genus Clusia having large white or yellow or pink flowers |
| cockspur, Pisonia aculeata | small spiny West Indian tree |
| cocobolo, Dalbergia retusa | A valuable timber tree of tropical South America |
| coffee, coffee tree | Any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans |
| conacaste, elephant's ear, Enterolobium cyclocarpa | Tropical South American tree having a wide-spreading crown of bipinnate leaves and coiled ear-shaped fruits |
| coral tree, erythrina | Any of various shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Erythrina having trifoliate leaves and racemes of scarlet to coral red flowers and black seeds |
| coralwood, coral-wood, red sandalwood, Barbados pride, peacock flower fence, Adenanthera pavonina | East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers |
| cork tree, Phellodendron amurense | deciduous tree of China and Manchuria having a turpentine aroma and handsome compound leaves turning yellow in autumn and deeply fissured corky bark |
| dagame, lemonwood tree, Calycophyllum candidissimum | Source of a tough / tough elastic wood |
| devilwood, American olive, Osmanthus americanus | small tree of southern United States having panicles of dull white flowers followed by dark purple fruits |
| dhak, dak, palas, Butea frondosa, Butea monosperma | East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye |
| dhawa, dhava | An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum |
| dipterocarp | Tree of the family Dipterocarpaceae |
| dita, dita bark, devil tree, Alstonia scholaris | evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes |
| divi-divi, Caesalpinia coriaria | small thornless tree or shrub of tropical America whose seed pods are a source of tannin |
| ebony, ebony tree, Diospyros ebenum | Tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork / cabinetwork |
| elm, elm tree | Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus |
| fever tree | Any of several trees having leaves or bark used to allay fever or thought to indicate regions free of fever |
| fig tree | Any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus |
| fringe tree | Any of various small decorative flowering ... / flowering trees or shrubs of the genus Chionanthus |
| giant chinkapin, golden chinkapin, Chrysolepis chrysophylla, Castanea chrysophylla, Castanopsis chrysophylla | small ornamental evergreen tree of Pacific Coast whose glossy yellow-green leaves are yellow beneath |
| gliricidia | Any of several small deciduous trees valued for their dark wood and dense racemes of nectar-rich pink flowers grown in great profusion on arching branches |
| granadilla tree, granadillo, Brya ebenus | West Indian tree yielding a fine grade of green ebony |
| guama, Inga laurina | Tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers |
| gum tree, gum | Any of various trees of the genera ... / genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum |
| gutta-percha tree, Palaquium gutta | One of several East Indian trees yielding gutta-percha |
| gutta-percha tree | One of several East Indian trees yielding gutta-percha |
| gymnospermous tree | Any tree of the division Gymnospermophyta |
| hackberry, nettle tree | Any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits |
| hazel, hazel tree, Pomaderris apetala | Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts |
| hop hornbeam | Any of several trees resembling hornbeams with fruiting clusters resembling hops |
| hornbeam | Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Carpinus |
| ice-cream bean, Inga edulis | Ornamental evergreen tree with masses of white flowers |
| idesia, Idesia polycarpa | deciduous roundheaded Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries |
| incense tree | Any of various tropical trees of the family Burseraceae yielding fragrant gums or resins that are burned as incense |
| inga | Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers |
| ivory tree, conessi, kurchi, kurchee, Holarrhena pubescens, Holarrhena antidysenterica | Tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea |
| ketembilla, kitembilla, kitambilla, ketembilla tree, Ceylon gooseberry, Dovyalis hebecarpa | A small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries |
| keurboom, Virgilia capensis, Virgilia oroboides | Tree with odd-pinnate leaves and racemes of fragrant pink to purple flowers |
| keurboom, Virgilia divaricata | fast-growing roundheaded tree with fragrant white to deep rose flowers |
| kingwood, kingwood tree, Dalbergia cearensis | Brazilian tree yielding a handsome cabinet wood |
| kino, Pterocarpus marsupium | East Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used medicinally and in e.g. tanning |
| kowhai, Sophora tetraptera | shrub or small tree of New Zealand and Chile having pendulous racemes of tubular golden-yellow flowers |
| lacebark, ribbonwood, houhere, Hoheria populnea | small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage |
| lancewood, lancewood tree, Oxandra lanceolata | Source of most of the lancewood of commerce |
| lanseh tree, langsat, langset, Lansium domesticum | East Indian tree bearing an edible yellow berry |
| laurelwood, lancewood tree, Calophyllum candidissimum | Tropical American tree |
| lead tree, white popinac, Leucaena glauca, Leucaena leucocephala | Low scrubby tree of tropical and subtropical North America having white flowers tinged with yellow resembling mimosa and long flattened pods |
| lemonwood, lemon-wood, lemonwood tree, lemon-wood tree, Psychotria capensis | South African evergreen having hard tough / tough wood |
| lepidobotrys | African tree often classified in other families |
| linden, linden tree, basswood, lime, lime tree | Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers |
| locust tree, locust | Any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae |
| mahogany, mahogany tree | Any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish |
| manila tamarind, camachile, huamachil, wild tamarind, Pithecellobium dulce | Common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum |
| marblewood, marble-wood, Andaman marble, Diospyros kurzii | large Asiatic tree having hard marbled zebrawood |
| marmalade tree, mammee, sapote, Pouteria zapota, Calocarpum zapota | Tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit |
| mayeng, maple-leaved bayur, Pterospermum acerifolium | Indian tree having fragrant nocturnal white flowers and yielding a reddish wood used for planking |
| mescal bean, coral bean, frijolito, frijolillo, Sophora secundiflora | shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans |
| millettia | Any of several tropical trees or shrubs yielding showy streaked dark reddish or chocolate-colored wood |
| msasa, Brachystegia speciformis | small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers |
| nakedwood | Any of several small to medium-sized trees of Florida and West Indies with thin scaly bark and heavy dark heartwood |
| necklace tree | A tree of the genus Ormosia having seeds used as beads |
| neem, neem tree, nim tree, margosa, arishth, Azadirachta indica, Melia Azadirachta | large semi-evergreen tree of the East Indies |
| nitta tree | Any of several Old World tropical trees of the genus Parkia having heads of red or yellow flowers followed by pods usually containing edible seeds and pulp |
| oak, oak tree | A deciduous tree of the genus Quercus |
| oak chestnut | A tree of the genus Castanopsis |
| obeche, obechi, arere, samba, Triplochiton scleroxcylon | large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds |
| opepe, Nauclea diderrichii, Sarcocephalus diderrichii | large African forest / forest tree yielding a strong hard yellow to golden brown lumber |
| padauk, padouk, amboyna, Pterocarpus indicus | Tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain |
| palm, palm tree | Any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves |
| palo verde, Parkinsonia florida, Cercidium floridum | densely branched spiny tree of southwestern United States having showy yellow flowers and blue-green bark |
| pandanus, screw pine | Any of various Old World tropical palmlike trees having huge prop roots and edible conelike fruits and leaves like pineapple leaves |
| pepper tree, Kirkia wilmsii | small African deciduous tree with spreading crown having leaves clustered toward ends of branches and clusters of creamy flowers resembling lilacs |
| pepper tree, molle, Peruvian mastic tree, Schinus molle | small Peruvian evergreen with broad rounded head and slender pendant branches with attractive clusters of greenish flowers followed by clusters of rose-pink fruits |
| plane tree, sycamore, platan | Any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits |
| pollard | A tree with limbs cut back to promote a more bushy growth of foliage |
| poon | Any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum having shiny leathery leaves and lightweight hard wood |
| prickly ash | Any of a number of trees or shrubs of the genus Zanthoxylum having spiny branches |
| prickly ash, Orites excelsa | Australian tree having alternate simple leaves (when young they are pinnate with prickly toothed margins) and slender axillary spikes of white flowers |
| princewood, Spanish elm, Cordia gerascanthus | Tropical American timber tree |
| puka, Meryta sinclairii | small roundheaded New Zealand tree having large resinous leaves and panicles of green-white flowers |
| quandong, quandong tree, Brisbane quandong, silver quandong tree, blue fig, Elaeocarpus grandis | Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit |
| quandong, quandang, quandong tree, Eucarya acuminata, Fusanus acuminatus | Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed |
| quira | Any of several tropical American trees some yielding economically important timber |
| red sandalwood, red sanders, red sanderswood, red saunders, Pterocarpus santalinus | Tree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork / cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewood |
| red silk-cotton tree, simal, Bombax ceiba, Bombax malabarica | East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok |
| ribbon tree, ribbonwood, Plagianthus regius, Plagianthus betulinus | deciduous New Zealand tree whose inner bark yields a strong fiber that resembles flax and is called New Zealand cotton |
| rose chestnut, ironwood, ironwood tree, Mesua ferrea | handsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume |
| rosewood, rosewood tree | Any of those hardwood trees of the genus Dalbergia that yield rosewood--valuable cabinet woods of a dark red or purplish color streaked and variegated with black |
| sandalwood tree, true sandalwood, Santalum album | Parasitic tree of Indonesia and Malaysia having fragrant close-grained yellowish heartwood with insect repelling properties and used, e.g., for making chests |
| sapling | young / young tree |
| satinwood, satinwood tree, Chloroxylon swietenia | East Indian tree with valuable hard lustrous yellowish wood |
| scarlet wisteria tree, vegetable hummingbird, Sesbania grandiflora | A softwood tree with lax racemes of usually red or pink flowers |
| scrub beefwood, beefwood, Stenocarpus salignus | Tree or tall shrub with shiny leaves and umbels of fragrant creamy-white flowers |
| shade tree | A tree planted or valued chiefly for its shade from sunlight |
| shaving-brush tree, Pseudobombax ellipticum | Tree of Mexico to Guatemala having densely hairy flowers with long narrow petals clustered at ends of branches before leaves appear |
| shingle tree, Acrocarpus fraxinifolius | East Indian timber tree with hard durable wood used especially for tea boxes |
| silver ash | Any of various timber trees of the genus Flindersia |
| silver tree, Tarrietia argyrodendron | Australian timber tree |
| silver tree, Leucadendron argenteum | small South African tree with long silvery silky foliage |
| sissoo, sissu, sisham, Dalbergia sissoo | East Indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder |
| snag | A dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest / forest |
| soapberry, soapberry tree | A tree of the genus Sapindus whose fruit is rich in saponin |
| souari, souari nut, souari tree, Caryocar nuciferum | large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil |
| southern beech, evergreen beech | Any of various beeches of the southern hemisphere having small usually evergreen leaves |
| tanbark oak, Lithocarpus densiflorus | evergreen tree of the Pacific coast area having large leathery leaves |
| teak, Tectona grandis | tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood |
| timber tree | Any tree that is valued as a source of lumber or timber |
| tipu, tipu tree, yellow jacaranda, pride of Bolivia | semi-evergreen South American tree with odd-pinnate leaves and golden yellow flowers cultivated as an ornamental |
| tolu tree, tolu balsam tree, Myroxylon balsamum, Myroxylon toluiferum | medium-sized tropical American tree yielding tolu balsam and a fragrant hard wood used for high-grade furniture and cabinetwork / cabinetwork |
| tree of knowledge | The biblical tree in the Garden of Eden whose forbidden fruit was tasted by Adam and Eve |
| treelet | A small tree |
| trifoliate orange, trifoliata, wild orange, Poncirus trifoliata | small fast-growing spiny deciduous Chinese orange tree bearing sweetly scented flowers and decorative but inedible fruit |
| tulipwood tree | Any of various trees yielding variously colored woods similar to true tulipwood |
| turreae | Any of numerous trees and shrubs grown for their beautiful glossy foliage and sweetly fragrant starry flowers |
| wheel tree, firewheel tree, Stenocarpus sinuatus | Eastern Australian tree widely cultivated as a shade tree and for its glossy leaves and circular clusters of showy red to orange-scarlet flowers |
| white mangrove, Avicennia officinalis | A small to medium-sized tree growing in brackish water especially along the shores of the southwestern Pacific |
| white mangrove, Laguncularia racemosa | shrub to moderately large tree that grows in brackish water along the seacoasts of western Africa and tropical America |
| wild fig, Clusia flava | A West Indies clusia having fig-shaped fruit |
| wild medlar, wild medlar tree, medlar, Vangueria infausta | small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit |
| wild tamarind, Lysiloma latisiliqua, Lysiloma bahamensis | A tree of the West Indies and Florida and Mexico |
| willow, willow tree | Any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix |
| winter's bark, winter's bark tree, Drimys winteri | South American evergreen tree yielding winter's bark and a light soft wood similar to basswood |
| yellowwood, yellowwood tree | Any of various trees having yellowish wood or yielding a yellow extract |
| zebrawood, zebrawood tree | Any of various trees or shrubs having mottled or striped wood |
| Broader | woody plant, ligneous plant | A plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems |
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| Substances | heartwood, duramen | The older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant |
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| sapwood | newly formed outer wood lying between the cambium and the heartwood of a tree or woody plant |
| Spanish | arbol, árbol |
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| Catalan | arbre |
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| Adjectives | arborical, arboreal, arborary, arborous | of or relating to or formed by trees |
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| Nouns | treelet | a small tree |
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| Verbs | tree | chase an animal up a tree |
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| tree | plant with trees |
