Unless the ancient tree hunt proves otherwise, this is believed to be the largest tree of its kind in the country, its branches spreading out over an area of 1, 500 sq m

这棵巨大的悬铃树树冠遮盖区域达1500平方米，被认为是整个英国同类树种中最大的一棵——除非“古树搜寻”活动能有其他发现。

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China has the world's most ancient tree species — metasequoia.

中国有世界最古老的树种——水杉。

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But he questioned whether the ancient redwoods were really the best type of tree to be cloning.

但斯蒂恩同时也质疑了古老红杉是否就是树木克隆的最佳选择。

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Slowly she began her dangerous trip down the ancient pine tree.

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From the shadow of the garage, I beheld the back yard, with its Norwegian maples, the tilted white birches, the ancient apple tree whose branches touched the windows of the family room, and for the first time, it seemed, I understood the green glory of this acreage as something indifferent to human life and quite apart from the Victorian manse set upon it.

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To substitute for fossils, and thus reconstruct the ancient branches of the tree as well as the modern-day leaves, Dr Dunn used mathematically informed guesswork.

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There's even documentation for an ancient tree situated below the front porch.

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