"polytree" meaning in English

See polytree in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: polytrees [plural]
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  1. (graph theory) a graph with at most one undirected path between any two vertices. In other words, a directed acyclic graph (DAG) for which there are no undirected cycles either.

Inflected forms

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