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[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 16 points 6 days ago

theres also a definition of a what a tree in the sense , its develops wood, many things are tree like, but not trees: such as palms(just overgrown herbs), dracaena( aka cabbage tree, they have something dracenoid thickining.) extinct plants like giant lycophytes and ferns

[–] carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works 22 points 6 days ago (1 children)

There are fern trees, conifer trees, and flowering trees. Where are my moss trees?

[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I wasn't ready for how weird this comment section turned out to be...

[–] EstonianGuy@lemm.ee 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Based on your username, you should be used to weird shit.

[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Doesn't mean I can't still be awe'd though!

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 11 points 6 days ago
[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Concentrated sun energy sinks

[–] Zwrt@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I always liked the idea of being a tree like life form.

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

Imagine looking down at a bunch of cute little things crawling all over you for hundreds of years and then one day one of them shows up with an axe

[–] andybytes@programming.dev 3 points 6 days ago

Well, I'm just a product of my environment.

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