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#@@&^\-~¨¨ OLDER THAN MOST TREES. IT'S LIGHT GREEN ¨¨~-\^&@@#
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#@@&^\-~¨¨ RIBS RADIATING OUTWARD. EVEN SO, IT'S ¨¨~-\^&@@#
##@@&^\-~¨ VERY LIGHT, BEING HOLLOW. IT'S ROUGHLY ¨~-\^&@@##
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