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  2. Three Friends of Winter - Wikipedia

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    The Three Friends of Winter is an art motif that comprises the pine, bamboo, and plum. [1] The Chinese celebrated the pine, bamboo and plum together, for they observed that unlike many other plants these plants do not wither as the cold days deepen into the winter season. [ 2 ]

  3. Trees in Chinese mythology and cultural symbology - Wikipedia

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    The 'three friends in winter' is a motif frequently seen in Chinese art. The motif consists of pines, bamboos, and plum trees or else plum trees and a stone. The symbolism is that of longevity, constancy, and flowering during winter, before it is yet spring.

  4. Prunus mume - Wikipedia

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    Prunus mume is a deciduous tree that starts to flower in mid-winter, typically around January until late February in East Asia. It can grow to 4–10 m (13–33 ft) tall. [ 13 ] The flowers are 2–2.5 cm (0.79–0.98 in) in diameter and have a strong fragrant scent. [ 13 ]

  5. The Christmas Tree’s Royal Roots: How Queen Victoria ... - AOL

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    An 1848 etching featuring Queen Victoria and Prince Albert decorating an evergreen tree influenced ... Evergreen plants were used to symbolize light during the darkest time of the year — winter.

  6. Holly - Wikipedia

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    The fruits ripen in winter and thus provide winter colour contrast between the bright red of the fruits and the glossy green evergreen leaves. Hence the cut branches, especially of I. aquifolium, are widely used in Christmas decoration. The fruits are generally slightly toxic to humans, and can cause vomiting and diarrhea when ingested. However ...

  7. Christmas tree - Wikipedia

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    Christmas tree decorated with lights, stars, and glass balls Glade jul by Viggo Johansen (1891), showing a Danish family's Christmas tree North American family decorating Christmas tree (c. 1970s) A Christmas tree is a decorated tree, usually an evergreen conifer , such as a spruce , pine or fir , or an artificial tree of similar appearance ...

  8. Ilex verticillata - Wikipedia

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    The fruit is a globose red drupe 6–8 mm (0.24–0.31 in) in diameter, which often persists on the branches long into the winter, giving the plant its English name. Like most hollies, it is dioecious , with separate male and female plants; the proximity of at least one male plant is required to pollenize the females in order to bear fruit.

  9. Pinus strobus - Wikipedia

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    The name "Adirondack", an Iroquois word that means tree-eater, referred to their neighbors (more commonly known as the Algonquians) who collected the inner bark of P. strobus, Picea rubens, and others during times of winter starvation. The white, soft inner bark (cambial layer) was carefully separated from the hard, dark brown bark and dried.

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