 and planting. So it keeps everybody busy all year round. It's perfect."
But like the Scotch Whisky industry, the Christmas tree business requires patience.
A typical Nordman Fir (the most popular type of Christmas tree) has a life cycle of about 10 years, so it is a long-term investment for a grower.
During that time, the Nordman and Fraser Firs, Scots Pine and Norway Spruce trees found in Scotland go through a regime of fertilisation, pruning, and shaping, before being labelled, harvested and wrapped in netting to be sold.
Edenmill Farm is one of many sending Scottish Christmas trees to customers down south.
Mark Gibson explained why they grow so well here.
He said: "We have perfect soil, which is really light and fluffy.
"We also have rock six inches under the ground, which really stops the taproot of the Nordman Fir growing which gives it a better shape, because it doesn't grow quickly, and doesn't grow really tall and thin.
"We get enough rain, and we get a bit of sunshine. So the trees are really happy."
After the Christmas lights are switched off and the baubles are put away, trees which are disposed of responsibly can end up being chipped and turned into material for woodland paths or compost.
Back on the land where they came from, the 10-year cycle begins all over again.
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The question is somewhat opaque, but OP is getting to the question of, why is the definition of a word such a complex, and potentially circular, graph of links to other definitions. Your original question, OP, was in fact about circularity.
Dictionary definitions aren’t particularly concerned about rigour or non-circularity: you’re assumed as a language learner to already have a baseline understanding of the definitional human language, which you can use to bootstrap any other definitions.
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