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The true ash trees are much taller and are typically grown as street trees or shade trees.
—Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Nov. 2024
Wide roads with dark asphalt soak up the heat, and there are few shade trees.
—Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2024
Glendale Water & Power Tree Power offers customers up to three free shade trees on a first-come-first-served basis (single family homes only).
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
Site the tree on the east side of a structure or large shade tree.
—Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1806, in the meaning defined above
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“Shade tree.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shade%20tree. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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shade tree
noun
: a tree grown chiefly to make shade
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