Tree

Tree

In botany, a tree is a perennial woody plant with a single main trunk taller than about 2 metres, with xylem tissue in the trunk and branches that continues to enlarge during the life of the plant by the process of secondary growth.

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Famous quotes containing the word tree:

    “No tree is so wedded to the water, and harmonizes so well with still streams.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “What I want to say, Linda,
    is that there is nothing in your body that lies.
    All that is new is telling the truth.
    I’m here, that somebody else,
    an old tree in the background.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “A tree the span of two arms starts from a tiny seedling.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    Lao-tzu.