English Explanatory Dictionary

treeness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The essence of what it means to be a tree; the qualities that make a tree what it is.
  2. The suitability of an evolutionary tree for representing the structure of a population; the degree to which a population structure can be accurately described as a tree of descent, with different branches evolving independently after they split.
  3. The condition of being a tree; acyclicity and connectedness.

Pronunciation

trēʹnĭs /ˈtɹiːnɪs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-treeness.wav

Word forms

treeness

Etymology

From tree + -ness.

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