water tree

noun

An electrical treeing phenomenon inside insulation, caused by the presence of water inside buried or water-immersed high voltage cables.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounwater tree (plural water trees)

plural water trees

  1. An electrical treeing phenomenon inside insulation, caused by the presence of water inside buried or water-immersed high voltage cables.
  2. The flowering plant Grevillea berryana.
  3. The shrub or small tree Hakea leucoptera.
Cite this entry
APA

water tree. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20tree

MLA

“water tree.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20tree. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “water tree,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20tree.

Source: water tree on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.