wolf tree
wolf tree noun: a large forest tree whose size and spreading branches suggest that the environment around it was formerly a clearing without other trees.
Noun
wolf tree (plural wolf trees)
- A large forest tree whose size and spreading branches suggest that the environment around it was formerly a clearing without other trees.
- That wolf tree looks much older than the trees around it. I'd bet this was an empty field when it was young.
- WOLF TREE A "wolf" tree is a tree within a woods, its size and form, large trunk and horizontal branches, anomalous to the environs of slim-trunked trees with upright branches. It is a clue to the open field in which it once grew alone. — Anne Whiston Spirn, The Language of Landscape / The wolf...2007, Alison Calder, Wolf Tree, Coteau Books, →ISBN, page 34
Forms of wolf tree
| plural | wolf trees |
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Origin of wolf tree
Perhaps because the trees were once lone wolves.
Questions about wolf tree
- What does wolf tree mean?
- Wolf tree means a large forest tree whose size and spreading branches suggest that the environment around it was formerly a clearing without other trees.
- What part of speech is wolf tree?
- Wolf tree is a noun.
- What is the plural of wolf tree?
- The plural of wolf tree is wolf trees.
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