"tree burial" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tree burials [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tree burial (countable and uncountable, plural tree burials)
  1. Disposal of the dead by placing the corpse among the branches of a tree or in a hollow trunk. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Burial Translations (disposal of the dead): 樹葬 (Chinese Mandarin), 树葬 (shùzàng) (Chinese Mandarin), puuhautaus (Finnish)

Inflected forms

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