treeture

English

Etymology

Blend of tree +‎ creature.

Noun

treeture (plural treetures)

  1. (fantasy, rare) A sentient tree creature.
    • 2009, Gina Reynolds, “Section 2”, in The Rescue of the Impossible Treeture‎[1], AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 13:
      Looking sad and lonely, the tree turned slowly until she caught her reflection in the nearby stream. Then she tossed her leafy green head and chanted, “I am the most beautiful Treeture in the forest.” For that is what she called herself, not quite believing herself to be just a tree.
    • 2010 April 14, Daniel Powell & Greg White, “Treegasm” (1:54 from the start), in Ugly Americans‎[2], season 1, episode 5:
      “Treetures, one of the most majestic species on the planet. In a process that spans decades, the male grows slowly towards his female counterpart. Finally they permanently merge in a ritual known commonly as screwing.”
    • 2013 April 17, Robert Hull, “Giant Moving Creatures To Invade U.Va. on Saturday”, in UVAToday‎[3], archived from the original on 6 July 2024:
      A one-eyed “quadrapus” with 12-foot tentacles, a giant centipede named Winston, a “Treeture” that likes to eat people and more!
    • 2022 June 29, Timothy Arden, “Treeture Creatures and Flowerbuds by Marian Hawkins”, in The London Economic‎[4], archived from the original on 12 December 2024:
      The main series is accompanied by two pocket-sized swatchbooks—The Tree Trail and The Flower Trail—which sees the Treeture Creatures and Flowerbudscharacters return to assist on identifying different trees and plants when outside.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:treeture.

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