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wolf tree

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A large forest tree whose size and spreading branches suggest that the environment around it was formerly a clearing without other trees.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • That wolf tree looks much older than the trees around it. I'd bet this was an empty field when it was young.

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Perhaps because the trees were once lone wolves.