tree (noun) | samba (noun) |
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a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms | large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood |
a figure that branches from a single root | music composed for dancing the samba |
a lively dance from Brazil, with roots from Africa | |
a form of canasta using three decks of cards and six jokers |
tree (verb) | samba (verb) |
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force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape | dance the samba |
plant with trees | |
chase an animal up a tree | |
stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree |