gallows tree

English

Alternative forms

gallow tree

Noun

gallows tree (plural gallows trees)

(botany) A tree used as a gallows, a tree from which people are hung (killed by hanging).

Synonyms

hanging tree

Hypernyms

tree

References

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Anagrams

gallow trees

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