tree

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tree/triː/

▶noun

• 1 a woody perennial plant typically with a single stem or trunk growing to a considerable height and bearing lateral branches.

• 2 a wooden structure or part of a structure.

  ■ archaic or literary the cross on which Christ was crucified.

  ■ archaic a gibbet.

• 3 (also tree diagram) a diagram with a structure of branching connecting lines, representing different processes and relationships.

▶verb (trees, treeing, treed)

• 1 N. Amer. force (a hunted animal) to take refuge in a tree.

• 2 informal, chiefly US force into a difficult situation.

– phrases
out of one's tree informal mad.

– derivatives
treeless adjective,
treelessness noun,
tree-like adjective.

– origin OE trēow, trēo: from Gmc.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
coconut/ˈkəʊkənʌt/

▶noun

• 1 the large oval brown seed of a tropical palm, consisting of a hard woody husk surrounded by fibre, lined with edible white flesh and containing a clear liquid (coconut milk).

  ■ the flesh of a coconut, often shredded and used as food.

• 2 (also coconut palm or tree) the tall palm tree that yields coconuts, and also other products such as copra and coir. [Cocos nucifera.]