What is a tree?
A tree is a complex, living organism. There are many different definitions for a tree and for each you can probably think of some exceptions. Webster’s defines a tree: 1a: a woody perennial plant having a single usually elongate main stem generally with few or no branches on its lower part. It also defines a shade tree: a tree grown primarily to produce shade.
A tree is any woody plant that can reach a height of 15 feet or more at maturity and is usually single-stemmed and has a crown or branched-out area at the top. This distinguishes trees from shrubs, which are woody but short and multi-stemmed, and from vines, which may be long and woody but lack a crown.
A tree is a complex, living organism. There are many different definitions for a tree and for each you can probably think of some exceptions. Webster’s defines a tree: 1a: a woody perennial plant having a single usually elongate main stem generally with few or no branches on its lower part. It also defines a shade tree: a tree grown primarily to produce shade. In general it can be said that trees: • Are perennial plants • Have relatively long life spans • Have woody trunks • Have bark for protection • Have leaves to produce their own food • Have roots to gather water and mineral nutrients Specifically, trees can be divided into three categories: 1. Conifers usually have: • Cones, or cone-like structures, instead of flowers • Evergreen leaves that are needle-like, scale-like, strap-like, or awl-shaped (there are some conifers that shed their leaves every fall, these trees are termed deciduous) • Soft wood 2. Shade trees usually have: • True Flowers • Deciduous leaves of various shapes (
In trading circles, a tree is a way to distribute a show to a large number of people. Essentially, it is an organized series of trades. This is generally how a tree occurs: Someone gets a very high quality copy of a show, and they post a sign up form to the message board or the blackcat mailing list. This sign up asks for some information from any person who wants to be a part of the tree. Standard questions include: Name, email address, address, phone #, branch or leaf. If you are a branch, how many leaves will you burn for, what kind of equipment you have, and occasionally some fun questions that have nothing to do with the tree. Branches burn copies for other people, who are known as leaves. Leaves do not have to make copies of the show they get. They do generally trade with their branch, or send blanks and postage, for their copies of the show. Once the deadline for the sign-ups has passed, the tree structure is posted on a web page somewhere. This structure is generally sent to al
The Microsoft Windows 2000 Active Directory glossary defines a tree as “a set of Windows NT domains connected together through transitive, bidirectional trust, sharing a common schema, configuration, and global catalog. The domains must form a contiguous hierarchical namespace such that if a.com is the root of the tree, b.a.com is a child of a.com, c.b.a.com is a child of b.a.com, and so on.
