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The tree's roots are metaphysics, its trunk is physics, and its branches are all other "sciences" (including humanities), the principal of which are medicine, mechanics and morals. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This image is often assumed to show Descartes' break with the past and with the categorization of knowledge of the schools.
Bauhinia tomentosa, also known as yellow bauhinia [2] or yellow bell orchid tree, is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found in South Africa , Mozambique , Zimbabwe , Tropical Africa , India , and Sri Lanka .
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A bell tree, also known as tree bells [1] or Chinese bell tree [2] (often confused with the mark tree), is a percussion instrument, consisting of vertically nested inverted metal bowls. The bowls, placed on a vertical rod, are arranged roughly in order of pitch. The number of bowls can vary between approximately 14 and 28.
The species Campanula rapunculus, commonly known as rampion bellflower, rampion, or rover bellflower, is a biennial vegetable which was once widely grown in Europe for its spinach-like leaves and radish-like roots. [10] In many English translations of the Brothers Grimm's tale Rapunzel, rampion is the vegetable that is stolen from the witch.
Dichrostachys cinerea, known as sicklebush, Bell mimosa, Chinese lantern tree or Kalahari Christmas tree (South Africa), is a legume of the genus Dichrostachys in the family Fabaceae. [ 2 ] Other common names include omubambanjobe (Tooro Uganda), acacia Saint Domingue (French), el marabú (Cuba), " Mpangara" (Shona), Kalahari-Weihnachtsbaum ...
Campanula rapunculus, common name rampion bellflower, [1] rampion, rover bellflower, or rapunzel, is a species of bellflower (Campanula) in the family Campanulaceae. [2]This species was once widely grown in Europe for its leaves, which were used like spinach, and its parsnip-like root, which was used like a radish. [3]
W. B. Yeats describes a "holy tree" in his poem "The Two Trees" (1893). In George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, one of the main religions, that of "the old gods" or "the gods of the North", involves sacred groves of trees ("godswoods") with a white tree with red leaves at the center known as the "heart tree".