dendron

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Partington_, told me that SYDNEY SMITH'S last years were overclouded by his inability to discover the riddle to which the answer is contained in the words, "The one rode a horse and the other rode a dendron."

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  1. Greek, tree; see deru- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. New Latin, from Greek δένδρον, tree.
 

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/ˈdɛndrən/
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