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 made of scales that fold over each other. Under the tiny scales are tiny seeds. ~The seeds will not come out of the cones until the cones are brown and dry. ~It takes five or six years for trees to grow large enough to be used for Christmas trees.  of a period in a sentence. It takes only one tiny seed to grow up into a tall, beautiful tree. ~All seeds have a seed cover or seed coat. When they are put into soil, they will grow. ~Make your own Christmas tree!! Take the seeds from a dry pine cone. Put them on a moist blotter to sprout. Wait 5 years!! :) Rain makes the seed coat soft. The inside of the seed begins to get larger. When this happens, the seed coat splits open. ~Pine needles make food for the pine tree. ~In Hawaii, people decorate live palm trees for Christmas trees. into the ground is the ROOT. The other part that pushes upward into the sunlight is the TRUNK with leaves and branches. ~Pine trees are used to make paper. Do you think that your Christmas gift wrap came from a pine tree? 
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