What is J-Tree
Josh • u • a tree
noun
A unique company founded on the outskirts of JTNP (see below), which produces handcrafted organic skin care products, specifically tailored to the demanding performance needs of people who live an active lifestyle. This is their website - come on in and check it out!!
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a yucca that grows as a tree and has clusters of spiky leaves, native to arid regions of southwestern North America.
Joshua tree
• Yucca brevifolia, family Agavaceae.
ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: apparently from Joshua (Josh. 8:18), the plant being likened to a man brandishing a spear.
noun
a National Park of 1,022,703 acres (414,050 hectares), S California. Lying between the high Mojave Desert and the low Colorado Desert, this park has a unique ecosystem in which are preserved rare Joshua trees ( Yucca brevifolia) as well as ocotillos, chollas, and brittlebushes. It is home to a variety of wildlife including bighorn sheep, bobcats, roadrunners, golden eagles and the endangered desert tortoise. The park also conatins very unique Monzo-Granite rock formations.
ORIGIN the area was designated a national monument in 1936 and a national park in 1994.
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