treetop

[ tree-top ]

/ ˈtriˌtɒp /

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noun

the top or uppermost branches of a tree.

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Origin of treetop

First recorded in 1520–30; tree + top¹

Nicknamed the “real-life Lorax” by National Geographic and “Einstein of the treetops” by The Wall Street Journal, Lowman pioneered the science of canopy ecology.
The Incredible Fig - Issue 104: Harmony|Meg Lowman|July 28, 2021|Nautilus
The treetops lit up and little by little the immense forest in front of me reappeared.
Locked up in the Land of Liberty: Part II|Michael K. Lavers|July 14, 2021|Washington Blade
As a deep blue dusk started nesting in the treetops, their upper boughs started to shimmer and hiss with rising wind.
Wolf Trap celebrates 50 years of arts in the wild — so what’s another rainstorm?|Michael Andor Brodeur|July 2, 2021|Washington Post
A mass of strange ferns grips a trunk high among the treetops.
These ferns may be first plants known to work together as ants do|Jake Buehler|July 1, 2021|Science News For Students

A stressful life in the treetops — far from the soil — may have helped the ferns’ evolve eusocial traits, Burns says.
These ferns may be first plants known to work together as ants do|Jake Buehler|July 1, 2021|Science News For Students
They explored the entire tree, climbing everywhere on the branches, then commenced racing and playing through the treetop.
Watched by Wild Animals|Enos A. Mills
The squirrel dropped his cone and scampered up into the treetop without a chirp.
Watched by Wild Animals|Enos A. Mills
In the gathering shadows a robin called plaintively from a treetop some distance away.
The New Boys at Oakdale|Morgan Scott
As the air was not stirring, I felt that he had not, and probably would not, scent me in the treetop perch.
The Rocky Mountain Wonderland|Enos A. Mills
Again, a number of these tissue bits came fluttering and whirling lightly down out of the fire-killed treetop.
The Rocky Mountain Wonderland|Enos A. Mills