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where the forest keeps its penthouses and the canopy hides a whole second world.
means The uppermost part of a tree, where the highest branches and leaves reach toward the sky.
from A plain English compound, exactly what it says: "tree" (Old English trēow, the same word that gave us "true" and "trust," since a tree was something solid and dependable) joined to "top" (Old English topp, meaning the highest point or crown of something). No mystery here — English simply stacked two old, sturdy words and let them grow together.
- hidden world
- Canopy holds most of a rainforest's species
- own ecosystem
- Treetop soil mats grow plants on plants
- science gear
- Researchers use cranes to study the canopy
- sky bridges
- Some monkeys never touch the ground
- sun grab
- Tops fight a slow war for sunlight
redwood canopy walk — humboldt lagoons state park, california - 65-foot-high walkway through old-growth coast redwoods
kew gardens treetop walkway — royal botanic gardens, london - 18-meter-high elevated walkway through 200-year-old trees, opened 2008
amazon tree tower — yasuni national park, ecuador - 147-foot canopy research platform for studying rainforest ecosystem