tree

The definition of ‘tree’ is a composite of tree species, tree form and tree size. The blue book offers the following: A perennial plant with a self-supporting woody main stem, usually developing woody branches at some distance from the ground and growing to a considerable height and size. This definition has the three main elements in general form.

This definition is abridged from A – Z of tree terms: A companion to British arboriculture.
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