treant
treant · treants
A fictional anthropomorphic organism having many characteristics of a treeA fictional anthropomorphic organism having many characteristics of a tree.
/ˈtɹiːɛnt/
Meaning
1 sensesA fictional anthropomorphic organism having many characteristics of a tree.
Origin
From tree + ent, with modification of the spelling to avoid the unusual forms treent or trFrom tree + ent, with modification of the spelling to avoid the unusual forms treent or treeent. Used as a replacement for ent due to copyright issues; cf. halfling.
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