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:

    “The pine tree seems to listen, the fir tree seems to wait, and neither with impatience:Mthey give no thought to the little people below them whose impatience and curiosity eat them up alive.”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    “A tree swayed overwater.
    A voice said:
    Stay. Stay by the slip-ooze. Stay.”
    —Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)

    “It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that of man.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)