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[–] criitz@reddthat.com 20 points 6 days ago (14 children)
[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 36 points 6 days ago (13 children)

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 points 6 days ago (6 children)

the definition of tree is literally just something that looks like a tree: a woody trunk with branches.

[–] Yondoza@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

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

[–] Szyler@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] Yondoza@sh.itjust.works 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I think both of those have rigid scientific definitions.

[–] Szyler@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

Oh yeah. I thought you meant how they are used culturally. Because we have many nok-berries with berry in their name.

[–] Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 5 points 5 days ago

I feel like sports could fit into that pretty well.

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