Choose the new 2022 cluster name!

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Sapin! A tree “bien de chez nous”, a symbol of our local mountains.

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In the theme of sacred trees which are not hard to spell, there is
Banyan

  • Banyan trees are large majestic trees with a network-like log because they grow as parasites on top of a host tree. In some mythologies they are said to host spirits and deities.
    It is thematically and morphologically reminiscient of Baobab.
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Pando seems indeed very appropriate for a cluster

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Ceiba, one of the iconic giants of the amazon rainforest, masive roots and masive branches
Or second ‘Kapok’ from @Nicolas.Billot, also recognized as the biggest tree in the amazon

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Sycamore or maybe Kayano

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So cool!!
I like Adonis (not a tree, but all plants are rooted :wink: )
And look at here (CONTENTdm) the nice root drawings from Wageningen university if you need inspiration!
Have a nice day,
Julie

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Embla - the female half of the first human couple according to Norse mythology. Not a plant but she was carved from a tree trunk…

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Banyan: A tree-like baobab but with never-ending branches.

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xylo

et les administrateurs s’appelleront “xylophore”

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I would suggest the following:

  • Treey McTreeface (as the famous brittish boat named by the internet ref)

  • Ent (as in the lord of the rings ref)

  • Groot (as in the guardians of the galaxy ref)

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I am indeed biased by this, but I propose Tnjri, the name given to the largest and 2041-year-old oriental plane tree located in Martouni, Artsakh.

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Groot is a funny one, I like it!

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Better to have compréhensible names:
COMPUNIGE
UNIGEAR

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Hi Adrien,

My main problem with “Yggdrasil” (and from colleagues around as well) is that it’s not easy to grasp and/or remember. We use to refer to the UNIGE clusters as “baobab” and the “unpronounceable” one.

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Hi julian,

Yet it is one of the most famous trees in the world. Yggdrasil is the world tree which support the nine realm in the scandinave Mythologie (more info on wikipedia :wink:)

For the pronounciation, you can use google translate (english), you will see it’s not as hard as you might think ( “unprounceable one” is hard)

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Hi

I am not going to suggest something specific, but I think unique and memorable names (like Yggdrasil) are the best.
Names which are too common may cause confusion.
I appreciate that unique names are harder to learn, but they are easier to remember, at least for me.
I hope something like Yggdrasil, among many great suggested options, is selected.

Regards

Volodymyr

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Kauri
Manuka
Pohutukawa (lol)

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Hello
I suggest GINGKO or GINGO, it sounds funny!
Cheers

Maura

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rhone or arve

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Deku

Loblolly

Mangrove

Laurelin or Telperion (as Julien suggested)

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