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SHADE TREE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tree planted or valued chiefly for its shade from sunlight
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("shade tree" is a kind of...):
tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)