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TREETOP

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant

Synonyms:

crown; treetop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("treetop" is a kind of...):

top (the upper part of anything)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "treetop"):

capitulum (an arrangement of leafy branches forming the top or head of a tree)

Holonyms ("treetop" is a part of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

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