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cold drying winds, and are therefore tougher or more leathery in texture than those of deciduous trees, and frequently, as in pines, firs and other conifers, are See also:

NEEDLE (O. Eng. ncedl; the word appears in various forms in Teutonic languages, Ger. Nadel, Dutch naal, the root being ne-, to sew, cf. Ger. nahen, and probably Lat. nere, to spin, Gr. vi)ats, spinning)

needle-like, thus exposing a much smaller See also:

SURFACE

surface to the drying See also:

ACTION

action of cold winds. The number of seasons for which the leaves last varies in different plants; every season some of the older leaves fall, while new ones are regularly produced. The See also:

COMMON

common See also:

ENGLISH

English bramble is practically ever-See also:

green, the leaves lasting through winter and until the new leaves are See also:

DEVELOPED

developed next See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring. In See also:

PRIVET

privet also the leaves fall after the See also:

PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of new ones in the next year. In other cases the leaves last several years, as in conifers, and may sometimes be found on eleven-year-old shoots.

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