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granary tree

granary tree noun: a tree used by acorn woodpeckers to store acorns.

Noun

granary tree (plural granary trees)

  1. A tree used by acorn woodpeckers to store acorns.
    • If the acorn is to be stored rather than eaten, the bird brings it to the granary tree and drives it into a vacant storage hole.2001, Living Bird, volumes 20-21, page 40
    • One granary tree can have up to 50,000 holes in it, each holding a single acorn. In parts of its range the acorn woodpecker does not construct a granary tree, but instead stores acorns in natural holes and cracks in bark.2010, Six Rivers National Forest (N.F.), Beaverslide Timber Sale and Fuel Treatment Project: Environmental Impact Statement

Forms of granary tree

pluralgranary trees

Questions about granary tree

What does granary tree mean?
Granary tree means a tree used by acorn woodpeckers to store acorns.
What part of speech is granary tree?
Granary tree is a noun.
What is the plural of granary tree?
The plural of granary tree is granary trees.

Words near granary tree in the dictionary

  1. granary
  2. granary bread
  3. granary breads
  4. granary loaf
  5. granary loaves
  6. granary tree
  7. granary trees
  8. granary weevil
  9. granary weevils
  10. granarys
  11. Granata

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