caterpillar trees

A form of caterpillar tree — A tree consisting of only a path (the spine or stalk of the tree) and vertices directly connected to (i.e. one edge away from) that path; a tree whose vertices with a degree of at least 3 are all surrounded by at most two vertices of degree two or greater.

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noun
  1. pluralplural of caterpillar tree
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