cactus as a tree?

[Larry Sheldon]

On 3/10/2012 1:12 AM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
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> Even though Tim Egan qualifies it as a description objected to by some,
> I am wondering if there is /anyone/ who would consider a cactus a tree.
> This is not a "technically, tomato is a fruit" issue. So, technically,
> "technically" is also wrong here IMO.
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> http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/08/the-trees-are-all-right/
>> The saguaro cactus, with its droopy, anthropomorphic limbs, is the
>> signature tree of the Southwest, though some say it is not technically
>> a tree.
>
> Is Egan just making this up or am I being uninformed?
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>       VS-)
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Look through these and tell me what you see.  Saguaro, Cholla, Joshua
(Maybe not).

Any plant bigger than me is a tree.



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