Literary or formal term for the top of a tree; in everyday speech, 木のてっぺん or こずえ are more common.
The moon hung over the treetops.
Standard kanji spelling for 'treetop'.
Rare variant using 杪 (also meaning 'treetop').
Compound of 樹 (tree) and 梢 (treetop). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it follows a common Sino-Japanese pattern for formal botanical terms.