treant means A fictional anthropomorphic organism having many characteristics of a tree. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.
treant is pronounced /ˈtɹiːɛnt/.
Etymology
From tree + ent, with modification of the spelling to avoid the unusual forms treent or treeent. Used as a replacement for ent due to copyright issues; cf. halfling.
noun
- A fictional anthropomorphic organism having many characteristics of a tree.“Treants are strangely related to humans and trees, combining features of both species. ...an individual treant can cause only one or two normal trees to move and attack as stipulated.”