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Definition for tree

noun as in large plant enclosed in bark and shedding leaves

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forest, sapling, seedling, shrub, timber, wood

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According to the researchers, the characteristics of the fossils indicate that the amber originated in a warm, humid forest filled with dense vegetation and resin-producing trees in southern Gondwana.

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As replanting efforts continue, locals and experts are pushing to change the type of trees in their forests.

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Instead, you graft the wood of an apple tree onto the roots, trunk or branches of another.

To try to reverse this trend, project developers Climate Impact Partners and Community Climate Solutions want to encourage farmers not to burn the forests by paying them to plant trees and restore woodlands.

In the weeks following the storm, Rand and other private citizens mobilized teams of residents whose neighborhoods had been destroyed to clean up debris, remove fallen trees and rebuild shattered homes.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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