Does money really grow on trees?

Question

Money (paper cash) is made from paper, and paper grows on trees so technically money grows on trees

right?

Answer 1

I wish!

Answer 2

Yeah its made of paper which comes from trees... naaa I wish it did though? : P

Answer 3

Fruit farms?  

Answer 4

Yes you are right.  

Answer 5

If you grow grapefruit, which is my favorite fruit, then money, in a sense, grows on trees.

Answer 6

My brother thinks mum and dad have a money tree !

Answer 7

yah but somehow it gets value unlike other pieces of paper made from trees

Answer 8

Baby blankets also grow on trees. In fact, I am going to the local blanket farm this week to pick a couple of purpley blankets and a couple of bluey blankets.

Answer 9

Paper grows on trees. Money doesnt. Why make something so confusing when you know your obviously wrong?

Answer 10

wrong!!!!! money in the united states is made from cotton and linen...there is no wood or paper in it at all

Answer 11

The "paper" used by the Mint is actually cloth fibers!  But, in a sense, money does grow on trees in the form of the lumber (wood) used for paper, houses, and furniture, resins for paint and plastics, fruits such as oranges, cherries, apples, and nuts, extracts used for medicines, as well as many other uses!

A single, very large, black walnut tree was sold for $50,000 for making furniture!  Now that is money growing from a tree!

Answer 12

Yes l see your point,but it doesn't change the fact that we can't go out and pluck it fresh from a real tree .

Answer 13

Modern money is abstract, not concrete. But paper grows on trees, and paper is used to represent money.