Definitions

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  • noun a small tree

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  • noun a small tree

Etymologies

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tree +‎ -let

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Examples

  • The eastern district is delimited by the distribution of the endemic treelet Bonnetia roraimae; some genera endemic to this district include Quelchia, a shrubby member of the sunflower family, Connellia, in the Bromeliaceae, and Tepuia in the Ericaceae.

    Canaima National Park, Venezuela 2009

  • This one is actually something like a respectable-sized treelet, two feet tall or so.

    john dillinger is alive and well and living in-- netcurmudgeon 2007

  • Seed dispersal in Palicourea rigida, a common treelet species from Neotropical savannas.

    Frugivore Wikipedia 2009

  • The Eastern District is delimited by the distribution of the endemic treelet Bonnetia roraimae.

    Tepuis 2008

  • For example, stands of the shrub Scaevola and the treelet Argusia can be found at Lakshadweep.

    Maldives-Lakshadweep-Chagos Archipelago tropical moist forests 2008

  • Shann drew his own knife and bent to tackle another treelet when

    Storm Over Warlock Andre Norton 1958

  • No change in vegetation, one or two new plants occurred, viz. a Labiata, and a treelet, foliis linearibus oppositis, Jasminacea aspectu, Baloot,

    Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith

  • Pulling out little tender ones is poor work compared with the satisfaction of hauling up a spreading treelet of ragweed or a far-flaunting wild buckwheat.

    More Jonathan Papers Elisabeth Woodbridge Morris 1917

  • The people are sorely in need of firewood, and not being far-seeing enough to realize what a menace it is to the country to denude it so unscientifically, they have razed every treelet.

    Le Petit Nord or, Annals of a Labrador Harbour Katie Spalding 1911

  • At the end of three quarters of an hour of more or less stumbling progress, we made out against the sky the twisted treelet that served as our landmark.

    The Land of Footprints Stewart Edward White 1909

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