stunted tree

短編 Mkondo を読んでいます。オハイオから来たWard Beachはタンザニアで若い女性と知り合います。
During dinner he'd describe where he was from; Ohio,...
He invented half-accurate natural histories of Ohio: dinosaurs battling on the plains; vast flocks of prehistoric geese flowing over stunted tree.
"stunted tree" が分かりません。"stunt man" の "stunt" と同じスペルですが、私の知らない別の意味があるに違いありません。辞書を見ます。"stunt man" ・Vocabulary.com: inferior in size or quality: old stunted thorn trees
・Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary: prevented from growing or developing to the usual size: A few stunted trees were the only vegetation visible.: children with stunted growth
・Wiktionary: prevented from growing or developing: The plant's growth was stunted because it was placed in a closet.
上の説明は形容詞としての "stunted" の意味ですが、"stunt" には動詞で成長、生育を妨げる意味がありました。