"caterpillar tree" meaning in All languages combined

See caterpillar tree on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: caterpillar trees [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} caterpillar tree (plural caterpillar trees)
  1. (graph theory) A tree consisting of only a path (the spine or stalk of the tree) and vertices directly connected to (i.e. one edge away from) that path; a tree whose vertices with a degree of at least 3 are all surrounded by at most two vertices of degree two or greater.
    Sense id: en-caterpillar_tree-en-noun-6AOhn5UM Categories (other): Graph theory, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences
  2. Catalpa bignonioides; the southern catalpa, a deciduous tree of family Bignoniaceae growing in Southeastern U.S., which is the host plant for the catawba worms, caterpillars that are popular fishing bait.
    Sense id: en-caterpillar_tree-en-noun-IzdnR7kl Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Bignonia family plants Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Bignonia family plants: 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: tree

Inflected forms

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