Tree vs Crocodile - What's the difference?
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A large plant, not exactly defined, but typically over four meters in height, a single trunk which grows in girth with age and branches (which also grow in circumference with age).
Any plant that is reminiscent of the above but not classified as a tree in the strict botanical sense: for example the banana "tree".
An object made from a tree trunk and having multiple hooks]] or storage [[platform, platforms.
A device used to hold or stretch a shoe open.
The structural frame of a saddle.
(graph theory) A connected graph with no cycles or, equivalently, a connected graph with n'' vertices and ''n -1 edges.
(computing theory) A recursive data structure in which each node has zero or more nodes as children.
(graphical user interface) A display or listing of entries or elements such that there are primary and secondary entries shown, usually linked by drawn lines or by indenting to the right.
Any structure or construct having branches akin to (1).
The structure or wooden frame used in the construction of a saddle used in horse riding.
(informal) Marijuana.
(obsolete) A cross or gallows.
* Bible, Acts x. 39
(obsolete) wood; timber
* Wyclif Bible (2 Tim. ii. 20)
(chemistry) A mass of crystals, aggregated in arborescent forms, obtained by precipitation of a metal from solution.
To chase (an animal or person) up a tree.
To place upon a tree; to fit with a tree; to stretch upon a tree.
Any of the predatory amphibious reptiles of the family Crocodylidae; (loosely) a crocodilian, any species of the order Crocodilia, which also includes the alligators, caimans and gavials.
* 2005 , Mwelwa Musambachime, Basic Facts on Zambia ,
* 2008', Walkter B. Wood, ''Chapter 16: Forensic Identification in Fatal '''Crocodile Attacks'', Marc Oxenham (editor), ''Forensic Approaches to Death, Disaster and Abuse ,
* 2011', Sam Thaker, ''The '''Crocodile's Teeth ,
A long line or procession of people (especially children) walking together.
* 1939 , (George Orwell), Coming Up for Air , part 2, chapter 8
(logic) A fallacious dilemma, mythically supposed to have been first used by a crocodile.
* (Maria Edgeworth)
As nouns the difference between tree and crocodile
is that tree is a large plant, not exactly defined, but typically over four meters in height, a single trunk which grows in girth with age and branches (which also grow in circumference with age) while crocodile is any of the predatory amphibious reptiles of the family Crocodylidae; a crocodilian, any species of the order Crocodilia, which also includes the alligators, caimans and gavials.As a verb tree
is to chase (an animal or person) up a tree.tree
English
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(en-noun) (plural "treen" is obsolete)- is the tallest living tree in the world.
- Birds have a nest in a tree in the garden.
- He had the choice of buying a scratching post or a cat tree .
- He put a shoe tree in each of his shoes.
- We’ll show it as a tree list.
- Tyburn tree
- [Jesus] whom they slew and hanged on a tree .
- In a great house ben not only vessels of gold and of silver but also of tree and of earth.
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* plant * (in graph theory) graphHyponyms
* oak, fir, pine * see also:Synonyms
* sapling, seedlingSee also
* * arborealVerb
(d)- The dog treed the cat.
- to tree a boot
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(wikipedia crocodile) (Crocodile dilemma)Noun
(en noun)page 97,
- Industrial and rural expansion is shrinking and destroying the Nile crocodile's' natural habitat. The Nile ' crocodiles , in particular, have been a source of highly durable leather for a variety of products which can be crafted and manufactured.
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- Two species of crocodile' inhabit Australian waterways: (a) the saltwater '''Crocodile''' — ''Crocodylus porosus'', and (b) the freshwater '''crocodile — ''Crocodylus johnstoni .
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- One contained some brightly-coloured tropical birds, one a python and the other a large and very lively crocodile .
- I told the customer that the boxes containing the crocodile and the python were not packed to my satisfaction, as there were not enough nails securing them.
- Sometimes the kids from the slap-up boys' schools in Eastbourne used to be led round in crocodiles to hand out fags and peppermint creams to the 'wounded Tommies', as they called us.
- We have seen syllogisms, crocodiles , enthymemas, sorites, &c. explained and tried upon a boy of nine or ten years old in playful conversation