Truffula
Lorax's beloved plant
A Truffula is a fictional tree from Dr.
Seuss's *The Lorax*, depicted with a long, slender trunk topped by a bright tuft of soft foliage.
The Truffula trees are harvested to extinction in the story, making them a symbol of environmental destruction and corporate greed.
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.
- picture bookVolume with art-driven narrative
- rhymeMatching terminal sounds
- whimsyPlayful, capricious quality
- nonsenseMeaningless words or actions
Dr. Seuss · fantasy · children's literature · illustrated · colorful · imaginative · cautionary tale · storytelling
Woody perennial plant
- tuftCluster joined below
- silkFine woven insect fiber
- fluffySoft and light-textured
- colorfulFull of varied hues
trunk · forest · grove · seed · sprout · canopy · foliage · delicate
Large-scale woodland elimination
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- sustainabilityCapacity to endure indefinitely
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
greed · industrialization · pollution · logging · clear-cutting · habitat destruction · environmentalism · ecological
Lorax
- picture bookVolume with art-driven narrative
- rhymeMatching terminal sounds
- whimsyPlayful, capricious quality
Dr. Seuss · nonsense · fantasy · children's literature · illustrated · colorful · imaginative · cautionary tale · storytelling
tree
Woody perennial plant
colorful · trunk · forest · grove · seed · sprout · canopy · foliage · delicate · soft
deforestation
Large-scale woodland elimination
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- sustainabilityCapacity to endure indefinitely
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
ecosystem · greed · industrialization · pollution · logging · clear-cutting · habitat destruction · environmentalism · ecological · wasteland
Truffulasmokestack
Industrial exhaust column
clearcut · deforestation · factory · pollution · strip mine