# family tree

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A diagrammatic representation of a pedigree, illustrating the connections between a person's ancestors, offspring and other relatives.
2. The totality of someone's ancestors and offspring.
3. A model or diagram showing the relationships and evolution of specified languages over time.
4. A grafting technique involving the joining of different varieties of plants onto a single tree or plant.
5. A data structure that organizes resources or machines in a distributed system, consisting of nodes connected by edges, in which each node may also contain a subnode.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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