That's why we started to call them mother trees.

因此我们开始称它们为母树。

And the mother tree is hundreds of metres through there.

它的母树在数百米之外。

There are mother trees who support and help feed child trees.

有供养和帮助哺育幼树的母树。

The largest trees in a wood or forest are called 'mother trees'.

森林中最大的树被称为" 母树" 。

As they're the biggest, mother trees usually have the longest, most connected roots.

由于它们最大，所以母树的根通常最长，与之连接的树根最多。

These tribes are also matrilineal, meaning that they trace descent through the mother’s family tree.

这些部落也是母系部落，这意味着他们通过母亲的家谱追溯血统。

One of the really interesting things about The Mother Tree Project is we get to demonstrate the connections of these mother trees below ground with each other and forming communities.

“母树项目”最有趣的一点是，我们可以展示地下母树之间的联系，并形成群落。

Insensibly and little by little, I was led on to such follies as to believe that a fig tree wept when it was plucked and that the sap of the mother tree was tears.

渐渐地，我不知不觉地陷入了这样的愚蠢之中，以至于相信无花果树被采摘时会哭泣，而母树的汁液就是眼泪。