pulmonary tree

American

noun

Anatomy.

the trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles of the lungs, which together resemble an upside-down tree.

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But you know, of course, that the twigs of the pulmonary tree in our breast do not end in leaves.

From In Search of a Son by Walsh, William Shepard

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