Re: What is this tree ?

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From: Terry Moore
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 00:00

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In article <34E4CF42.41C6@the.sig>, Steve Lacker <look@the.sig> says:
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>Terry Moore wrote:
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>> In article <34E46FFA.22A34C2C@austin.ibm.com>, Marc Kossa
>> <kossa@austin.ibm.com> says:
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>> >Someone in austin.gardening identified it, it is a pyracantha:
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>> Somehow, that reminds me of those fierce flesh-eating fish.
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>> Is this tree safe?
>> 
>> Terry at Lake Bastrop
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>The analogy is REALLY good, Terry. Pyracantha thorns are about as
>painful as mesquite thorns, and there are a heck of a lot more of them
>per cubic inch of tree on a pyracantha than on a mesquite.
>
>Its a well-armed plant, to say the least. Pretty to look at, but
>horrible to get tangled up in.
>

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Yeah.

Them Piranhas are pretty to look at too - and horrible to
get tangled up with. Their names DO have some similarity.


Cheers.

Terry at Lake Bastrop


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From: terrymoore@mail.utexas.edu (Terry Moore)
Subject: Re: What is this tree ?
Date: 1998/02/13
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