Meaning of food tree | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A tree cultivated or managed for edible products (such as leaves, seeds) that are used for human consumption (term either including or used in opposition to "fruit tree")
2. A tree whose products are consumed by animals or wildlife.
3. An apparatus in or on which food for animals or wildlife is arranged.

Examples

“Only the main food tree crops - coconut, sago, breadfruit, pandanus, and banana - are discussed here; ...”

“We examine the potential role of perennial woody food-producing species ("food trees") in cities in the context of urban sustainable development...”

“2015 Bhaskar Vira, Christoph Wildburger, and Stephanie Mansourian, Forests and Food: Addressing Hunger and Nutrition Across Sustainable Landscapes, Open Book Publishers. pp. 54, 260. Research should support food tree domestication options appropriate for meeting smallholders' needs”

“Because several trails from various directions lead into that food tree, you may not be certain where to place your treestand.”

“The overhauling of special apparatus and the making of fresh "food-trees" is in order.”

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