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noun Linguistics.
a representation of the constituent structure of a string, as a word or sentence, comparable to a tree diagram, in which each constituent is shown in brackets and given a subscript grammatical label, with each bracketed item corresponding to a node in a tree diagram.
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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.
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