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The very tip of a tree, which determines how it will grow. Also known as a meristem.
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Candle Term Timeline in A Sand County Almanac
The timeline below shows where the term Candle appears in A Sand County Almanac. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Part I: December
...in the life of a pine. Its year begins in May, when the bud or “candle” at the tip of the tree begins to grow. Leopold sees the pines as bankers...
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...pine have been eaten, Leopold can tell how hungry deer have been. Similarly, when the “candle” at the top of a pine begins to die, disrupting the tree’s normal growing pattern,...
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