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the original carbon-capture machine that builds violins, ships, and entire civilizations from sunlight and patience
means The hard fibrous material that forms the trunk and branches of trees, used for building, burning, and crafting.
from From Old English 'wudu,' meaning both tree and forest, with cousins across the old Germanic languages — Old Norse 'viðr,' Old High German 'witu.' Scholars trace it further back to a Proto-Germanic root and, more tentatively, a Proto-Indo-European source possibly linked to words for trees and timber. The double sense survives in English to this day: 'wood' is both the stuff a tree is made of and the place where many trees stand together.
living memorytree rings record droughts and fires for millennia
stronger than steelby weight, wood beats steel in tension
floats on purposetrapped air pockets keep dense fibers buoyant
sound machinespruce resonates so well it makes Stradivarius violins
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