noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a Christmas tree (= a decorated tree that people have in their homes at Christmas )
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Put the gifts under the Christmas tree.
a tree loses/sheds its leaves (= the leaves come off the tree )
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Most trees shed their leaves in the autumn.
Christmas tree
family tree
fruit trees
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a large garden with fruit trees
grove...trees
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a small grove of beech trees
gum tree
palm tree
phone tree
pine tree
plane tree
tea tree oil
the top...the tree (= the highest position in a profession )
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the groups that are currently at the top of the tree in the pop world
tree line
tree stump
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an old tree stump
tree surgery
tree trunk
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He left his bicycle leaning against a tree trunk .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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Nomatterhow big the tree may grow, the same branching rule goes on being applied at the tips of all its twigs.
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They had these big old trees , too.
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It was still too hot so we all left the field for the shade of the big tree .
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Instead, here the loggers had come in and simply cut the biggest trees , leaving the rest.
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Children swinging on the big walnut tree . 4.
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Will: He had two big tree friends that could see everywhere all around.
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Great big trees , mountains - that sort of thing - I've got some postcards.
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We talked of the big trees in California.
dead
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He would make the Britches impenetrable, tackle the dead trees and plant saplings.
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And with my eyes closed, I felt low sullen waters wash about a dead tree on a midnight pond.
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Julie fell dead beneath a tree , its lower branches hacked off in the frenzied attack.
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The official state brochure for the place had not one word about the dead trees , although I was surrounded by thern.
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Unusual numbers of dead holly trees with senescent branches or main trunks; 2.
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It had been going on since 1963 and was continued despite the fact that dead trees proved to be very effective cover.
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I collect snow and start off for the nearest dead tree with the big knife and an axe.
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Last February, a National Guard unit cut down the dead trees .
large
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For patron-saint days in the country the table was usually prepared out of doors, in the shade of a large tree .
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There, during an eight-year period in the late 1970s and early 1980s, large trees began dying in rapid succession.
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The cat was creeping stealthily through a patch of long grass towards the foot of the largest tree .
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A large palo verde tree beckons as a shady retreat.
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All this lowland country was covered in thick bush, and large trees bordered the river and streams.
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Another work detail had been given the task of getting large trees to serve as the rafters for the roof.
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A stream flows nearby, bubbling and gurgling, and you sit beneath a large , shady tree .
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The seeds are everywhere, and every gust releases another great crowd from every large sugar maple tree .
old
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She stared at the winter world through every aspect of this old tree .
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Directly ahead, a pair of stately old coconut trees burst into flame.
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Mr Preston had recently cleared out his old trees and planted new young ones.
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How old are the old trees of the Ancient Forest?
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We stand like three old trees in winter, quivering in the gloom.
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One summer night we sat outside under the gnarled 100-year-\#old trees and talked while his mom finished fixing dinner.
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And old people, like gnarled old trees , attracted him.
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Here was a natural progression of young trees , old trees, and decaying fallen trees.
olive
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The chemistry lab carefully hidden under two olive trees .
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Tom Kitain to its freshly dug grave by a grove of olive and cypress trees .
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The Chianti region is full of hills clad with ancient groves of silver-leaved olive trees .
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The river banks changed from jagged rock with little vegetation to luscious green slopes covered with olive trees .
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The studios are set back from the road and are shaded by the olive trees from which they derive their name.
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And they would never use anything other than olive oil from the nearest olive tree , and red wine vinegar.
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There was a grove of olive trees opposite the shop, on the other side of the main road.
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The biggest tragedy is in respect of the rooting out of thousands of olive trees , many of them ancient.
small
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The hedges are small trees that were planted very close together.
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I increased my speed toward him, but only to hastily reach a small maple tree next to the road between us.
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The slope was covered with white and yellow wild flowers, and near to the house was a cluster of small trees .
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I was so happy when I was able to have two beautiful small trees .
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He chose small trees because he wanted them cleared.
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Riker flew to the lone hill covered with tall brown grass and a few small trees .
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And then I lost him among the boulders and small trees that marked the course of the torrent.
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As a result of this phenomenon, the woods walker is actually more aware of the smaller trees .
tall
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There were tall trees here and there on either side, oak and sycamore and ash and occasionally a sweet chestnut.
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With three air-force pilots along for the ride, James flew along a railroad track bordered by tall trees .
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So these early groups used the newly-acquired strength of their stems to grow very tall and become trees .
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Both sides of the stream were sandy and lined with big, tall palm trees .
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Many of the country roads are lined on either side with tall trees , at times breathtakingly beautiful.
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The valley was scrubby here: elephant grass, occasional tall trees , and dry rice paddies.
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Protected by high pearl-grey walls, the Palace is set in spacious grounds with many tall trees .
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In addition, date farmers are finding they can make good money by selling their tallest trees to landscapers.
wrong
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The sound had only been Isaac, but as Alan turned, he saw what was wrong with the trees .
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However, those who advocate a federal takeover of workers' compensation are barking up the wrong tree .
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In retrospect it now seems that both camps were barking up the wrong tree .
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They have maybe barked up the wrong tree .
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People who feel sorry for my old bridesmaid and travelling companion are barking up the wrong tree .
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Could he once again be barking up the wrong tree ?
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There was definitely something wrong with those trees ahead.
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Can't help thinking that they are on the right track and it's we who are barking up the wrong tree .
young
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The deer were to be removed, because they ate young trees and crops.
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The young almond trees were crotch deep in river water.
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They turned into a dirt track flanked by very young gum trees .
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From there you do not hear the rustling of the few remaining dry beech leaves on young trees .
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Hope and youthful energy rose up in her again, like leaves on a young tree in spring.
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The snags offer safe nesting sites for birds, as thousands of young trees and plants sprout up on the surrounding riverbank.
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Avoid accidents with the strimmer by protecting young trees with plastic tubes or weed by hand.
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Everywhere the tops of the shoots of the young trees were browsed off.
■ NOUN
apple
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Presently he stopped and sat under the apple tree .
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I know she likes the blossoms of the apple trees in the twilight, but they are long gone.
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The hours spent beneath the apple tree assumed a distorted quality as though she were looking at them through an unfocused lens.
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Ash and sugar maple trees were shooting up among the apple trees in the remorseless struggle for light.
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And horseshoes and croquet and a grape arbor and apple trees ?
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The apple trees covered the whole orchard and were very close together, most of their branches touching each other.
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That was how he got the idea about the apple trees for his story.
cherry
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From high noon to sundown we blazed and buzzed like hot island bees on sweet cherry trees .
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Across the field the bloom of the cherry tree , under which they had sat that morning, hung sodden and spoiled.
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There were 20 to 30 wild cherry trees , most about 20m tall.
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It was very windy and one of the new sightscreens had blown over, destroying an ornamental cherry tree .
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The garden was his domain; he had his rabbits to feed and the birds to admonish for ravaging his cherry trees .
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Peach and cherry trees are out in blossom, and we've seen quite a few birds.
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Death raced downstairs and out the front door to look in the baby carriage under the cherry tree .
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The cherry tree was coming into blossom, encouraged by the unseasonably warm sunshine.
chestnut
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The familiar figure of Selwyn Hopkins sat on the bench under the horse chestnut tree , gazing out over the estuary.
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He got up in his night-shirt and looked incredulously out at the twigs of the stately chestnut tree in front of the castle.
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Ahead now was a road junction shaded by two big chestnut trees .
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She laughed as she watched the dove soar above the chestnut trees , which were already showing the first flecks of green.
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She sat on the chair by the window and gazed out at the wide lawns edged by chestnut trees .
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In minutes you can leave the sea for chestnut trees and olive groves.
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He watched the turn in the road by the chestnut trees .
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Rose and Dieter were watching from the shade of a chestnut tree , chatting in low voices and giggling.
christmas
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All that glitters may not be gold, but these decorations would add elegance and sparkle to any Christmas tree .
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The house was lit like a Christmas tree and shaped like a gigantic igloo.
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We've got our own Christmas tree to see to.
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Who would want a tumbleweed for a Christmas tree in a home resting among evergreens?
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We had a big Christmas tree once - ages ago, it was.
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Prevent pine-needle fall-out from covering your floors when removing your Christmas tree .
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They've switched the Christmas tree lights off, but apart from that, the station's pretty light.
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O Christmas tree , O Christmas tree / How brightly shine thy candles.
family
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By the 1870s Darwinians were using diagrams showing hypothetical family trees to account for relationships among species.
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Perhaps you can give me some help on the family tree .
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But after the revolution, many family trees were destroyed or forgotten, especially in the cities.
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The Arellanos have drug smuggling in their family tree .
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There also are successful family trees that grow both vertically and horizontally.
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Not only did the gods have family trees , they also had family squabbles.
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Her family tree included a former prime minister and the governor of Tokyo.
forest
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Cairns itself is a spacious city with large areas of grass under low spreading forest trees and tall Alexander palms.
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Maybe I should draw those of other forest trees and bushes to go with these.
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There are oleander bushes and flame of the forest trees .
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And does the demise of the dogwood have some sort of larger meaning for the forest trees with which it associates?
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No forest trees could regrow naturally in these areas.
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A maple seed is heavy in comparison to the seeds of some forest trees .
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Drought resulted in decreased root growth and slower breakdown of soil litter, an important source of magnesium for forest trees .
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They are compelled to do this because most of the forest trees protect themselves against molesters with a poisonous sap.
fruit
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Also left are useful fruit trees , which are thus under selective pressures.
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I mention this to Yacouba and suggest his committee should consider planting acacia and fruit trees instead of eucalyptus.
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The fruit tree man grabbed us and hauled us through a jungle of fruit trees.
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Now, fruit trees are sprayed to cure their diseases, and salmon farmers use drugs by the sack.
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The fruit tree man grabbed us and hauled us through a jungle of fruit trees.
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Julie ambled happily down the long immaculate front lawn, bordered on each side by miniature fruit trees .
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The fruit tree man is an old hippie.
line
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Leaving Okawi and Beruna, Miles turned away from the village and padded silently across the beach to the tree line .
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It was so dark he could barely make out the tree line on the distant shore.
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Orange trees line the avenues and palm trees flank its promenade.
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I could see the muzzle flashes in the tree line fifty yards away, which blocked our take-off path.
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I went back along with him to check the path was the tree line route to the falls.
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After a thirty-second pause to let us load up, Shaker took off over the forward tree line .
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Adam landed in the clearing between the tree line and the wall.
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We broke through the tree line from the north.
maple
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Golden eyes looked at him from among the leaves of the yellow maple tree where Peach sat cleverly camouflaged.
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Ash and sugar maple trees were shooting up among the apple trees in the remorseless struggle for light.
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The practical problem, Marvin told me, was that he is no longer able to improve his maple tree stands.
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I increased my speed toward him, but only to hastily reach a small maple tree next to the road between us.
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They grooved the bark of the maple trees , nearly ringing the trees to get the sap out.
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But splashes of red are starting to show here and there on a few scattered red maple trees .
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Porcupines live there now, the ones who gnaw scars on to the maple trees .
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The maple tree beside me is 99 percent dead.
oak
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And tied around the oak tree was the largest yellow ribbon I'd yet seen.
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A willow oak tree grows at the edge of this patio.
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The branching pattern of an oak tree or an apple tree looks complex, but it really isn't.
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Several hundred acres of rustling, wind-blown grass swept over our feet and under scattered oak trees .
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Earlier that morning I had awoken lying on the grass underneath an oak tree in Regent's Park.
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Women and children were lined up in a half-circle facing an old, perfectly formed oak tree .
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We lose a sense of an owl being an owl, a duck being duck, an oak being an oak tree .
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There was the old familiar smell of the oak tree shade.
palm
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See the magnificent church of St. Mary, surrounded by small white houses set amongst palm trees and stunted eucalyptus.
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Ultimately, the cornfields of Lawrence won out over the palm trees of Westwood.
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AWI2.tif I've copied the small group of palm trees , and pasted the image in further along the beach.
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He found half a dozen fishermen seated under the palm trees at the foot of the Co-operative quay.
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Bayfront Park, lined with gently swaying Palm trees , was a marked contrast to the gravity of the day.
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The pool is enclosed by the bungalows, palm trees and bushes and is a real suntrap.
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Curious palm trees dot the scene, and the background is immense and desolate, as in Martin's paintings.
pine
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Through the cool and shady pine trees , there is a private beach with bar.
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In the distance he saw a rabbit shivering under a pine tree .
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To their right the moon, smoky and yellow in thin night cloud, stood over a clump of distant pine trees .
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The scientists injected the fungus into young pine trees , which were then placed in pots.
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In fact, both were deposited many millions of years before the first pine tree grew on earth.
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He found a few others: a sphagnum moss peat bog can repel the invasion of pine trees for thousands of years.
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The hill feels peaceful in spite of tourists: it's surrounded by fragrant pine trees and deafeningly noisy with cicadas.
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The heat has melted the sap in the pine trees , and the dampness carries that bright smell.
plane
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It was a beautiful cloudless morning and the canopies of the plane trees were lush and transparently golden with sunlight.
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It faces out toward Dodge Hall, across gracious grounds of hedged walks and great plane trees .
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She walked along to the little café, where at least the umbrellas and the plane trees gave some shade.
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The harbour quay, shaded by plane trees and filled with tables, is the village social centre.
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There, in the secret shade of the plane tree .
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Sun shone, warm breezes blew, and the plane trees behind the Cages grew greener and more leafy with each hour.
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Or the nannies and the nursemaids who lately pushed their prams up and down, and gossiped under the plane trees ?
stump
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The elder female sank down on a tree stump to rest, fanning herself with her hand.
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Clearing two acres of tree stumps so a garden could be planted in the spring.
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Alligator saw; a tree stump chipper; and even a bouncy castle!
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They said they brought the tree stump to Riggs' office as a symbol of protest.
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His left leg was almost severed when it was caught in the whirling blade of a tree stump cutter.
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We were going to the thick grove of woods with the carved tree stumps in its center.
trunk
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He was lounging back against the tree trunk a few yards away, consulting his compass and studying the map intently.
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Hiding in the swamp, Sammler lay under a tree trunk , in the mud, under scum.
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Unfortunately, the Brownsea red squirrels are also nervous; generally they get behind a tree trunk when they hear people approach.
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A mourning cloak butterfly flew up from a tree trunk in the sunshine where it was basking.
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I thought the great central arch of two tree trunks looked like our Blessed Lord's arms holding up the whole Church.
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In addition, the tree trunks are ringed with bright green growths at their bases.
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Tail square, but may appear forked when pressed against tree trunk .
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Gao Yang screamed, too, and banged his head against the tree trunk .
■ VERB
climb
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But once we had to walk all day and climb great trees for just one honey comb.
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Last evening I climbed my observation tree to survey the fall panorama one last time.
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They make me grub for lily-roots and climb trees for honey.
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Large-muscle coordination comes from riding bikes and climbing trees , not from watching junk food commercials where other kids play and run.
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Marian insisted on climbing the tree herself and was up there some time.
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I climbed a chestnut tree and got a good shot of them together.
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Protestors had climbed lime trees in a desperate bid to stop them being destroyed.
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That seemed reasonable to the princess, so she climbed a tree and set about spinning to pass the time.
cut
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But every time I wanted a piece of wood, I had to cut down a tree .
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It could cut a tree in half if it was two or three football fields away.
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When we got to Donoghue's Cross the road was cut and trees knocked.
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At 500 feet I crossed a swath cut through the trees that formed the northern perimeter of the camp.
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Male speaker Neolithic man would have used an axe to cut the trees .
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Paul cut the trees and Babe hauled them.
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Take away all the stones. Cut down all the trees .
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Instead, here the loggers had come in and simply cut the biggest trees , leaving the rest.
fall
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Outside, another blossom fell from a tree , to join the others on the pavement.
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Clearly, the life of the forest depends on its fallen trees .
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The leaves fell from the trees .
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Atop the charred ground, white ash marks the shadows of fallen trees that burned so hot they disintegrated.
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What saddens the local population are the fallen trees .
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He had been so charmed that he almost fell out of the tree like a drunken bird.
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As a youngster, you used to train by punching raindrops as they fell off a tree branch.
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All the old rotten stumps and decaying fallen trees are clothed in their green.
grow
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And I sowed seeds and grew plants and trees so that that place would be still more beautiful.
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It grew into a magnificent tree with a massive trunk and spacious canopy.
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He said writing was like a growing tree .
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Using natural ingredients, which tend to grow on trees round here, they are both water resistant.
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Weedy thickets and tall grass grew under occasional trees .
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The lake grows fish as prolifically as its bed once grew the trees of a dense jungle.
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In many places, buds grow on trees .
plant
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I mention this to Yacouba and suggest his committee should consider planting acacia and fruit trees instead of eucalyptus.
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And why do they plant a tree that is useless for everything except cooking fires?
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Another serious problem for environmentalists is the type of tree and forest planted .
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There are, however, genuine stories of idealists recreating a forest environment by planting trees in the thousands.
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When planting new trees in your garden, make sure that you know what the mature heights are likely to be.
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The area was cleaned up by student volunteers and local scouts planted trees in parts of the Sanctuary.
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The reforestation programme, targeting to plant 7.5 million trees over a seven year period, is on its way.
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Los Angeles announced it would plant five million trees , and 113 other cities followed suit with their own ReLeaf programs.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bark up the wrong tree
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You're barking up the wrong tree if you think Sam can help you.
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Can't help thinking that they are on the right track and it's we who are barking up the wrong tree.
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Could he once again be barking up the wrong tree?
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However, those who advocate a federal takeover of workers' compensation are barking up the wrong tree.
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In retrospect it now seems that both camps were barking up the wrong tree.
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People who feel sorry for my old bridesmaid and travelling companion are barking up the wrong tree.
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They have maybe barked up the wrong tree.
be up a gum tree
it/money doesn't grow on trees
not see the wood for the trees
not see the wood for the trees
petrified wood/trees etc
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Books and posters, shirts and sweatshirts and pounds of petrified wood spilled from the storage areas.
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It may be more similar to the way that petrified wood is created.
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It moved aside the earth and found the petrified wood that was the heart in the forest.
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Their L-shaped living rooms were graced by open fireplaces, with the latest shapes in petrified wood adorning the mantelpieces.
the apple doesn't fall far from the tree
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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It's a beautiful park, with a pond and large trees.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He was tall and thick as a tree .
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Lightning or high winds can knock branches or whole trees on to power lines, cutting the electricity to an entire neighborhood.
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The pressure on trees differs between regions.
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Their motel was off from the main thoroughfare, protected by trees and woodsy seclusion.