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treeless

World English Dictionary
tree (triː)
 
n
1.  any large woody perennial plant with a distinct trunk giving rise to branches or leaves at some distance from the groundRelated: arboreal
2.  any plant that resembles this but has a trunk not made of wood, such as a palm tree
3.  a wooden post, bar, etc
4.  family tree shoetree See saddletree
5.  chem a treelike crystal growth; dendrite
6.  a.  a branching diagrammatic representation of something, such as the grammatical structure of a sentence
 b.  (as modifier): a tree diagram
7.  an archaic word for gallows
8.  archaic the cross on which Christ was crucified
9.  at the top of the tree in the highest position of a profession, etc
10.  informal (US), (Canadian) up a tree in a difficult situation; trapped or stumped
 
vb , trees, treeing, treed
11.  to drive or force up a tree
12.  to shape or stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree
 
Related: arboreal
 
[Old English trēo; related to Old Frisian, Old Norse trē, Old Saxon trio, Gothic triu, Greek doru wood, drus tree]
 
'treeless
 
adj
 
'treelessness
 
n
 
'treelike
 
adj

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Treeless is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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treeless

adjective
not wooded [syn: unwooded] [ant: wooded
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