TIL that trees are the same as vegetables and weeds, arbitrary cultural groupings. We should make an arbitrary cultural group name for arbitrary cultural grouped things!
So far the group is:
Trees
Vegetables
Weeds
Pets
Continents
The culinary use of fruit
Nope, that’s not how the definition of a tree works. Look at swednek’s definition in the comments: it is a woody trunk with branches. There are many other plants you could make toothpicks out of (e.g. that are woody) that aren’t trees. For example, shrubs and lianas.
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 7 months ago
Technically you’re not wrong. Mainly because there’s no agreed upon technical definition of what does or doesn’t constitute a tree.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
the definition of tree is literally just something that looks like a tree: a woody trunk with branches.
Yondoza@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
TIL that trees are the same as vegetables and weeds, arbitrary cultural groupings. We should make an arbitrary cultural group name for arbitrary cultural grouped things!
So far the group is: Trees Vegetables Weeds Pets Continents The culinary use of fruit
Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 7 months ago
I feel like sports could fit into that pretty well.
idiomaddict@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Fish
Szyler@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Berries
lugal@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
Most won’t consider it a tree but who am I to judge
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
Most are wrong then. If you can make toothpicks out of it, it’s a tree.
flicker@lemmy.world 7 months ago
You can make toothpicks out of anything if you’re willing to find a hard bit in it that can be sharpened or whittled.
Holds up a chicken. Behold! A tree!
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 months ago
So… Everything is a tree? 🤔
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shneancy@lemmy.world 7 months ago
bones are trees? o_o
flora_explora@beehaw.org 7 months ago
Nope, that’s not how the definition of a tree works. Look at swednek’s definition in the comments: it is a woody trunk with branches. There are many other plants you could make toothpicks out of (e.g. that are woody) that aren’t trees. For example, shrubs and lianas.