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:

    “Gray, dear friend, is all theory,
    But green the golden tree of life.”
    —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)

    “On a tree by a river a little tom-tit Sang “Willow, titwillow, titwillow!”
    And I said to him, “Dicky-bird, why do you sit Singing, “Willow, titwillow, titwillow!””
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

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