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Like gardening, some chemists have green fingers and can seem to make almost anything grow, work, reactions go.—
Katie Hafner,
Scientific American,
24 Oct. 2024 The longleaf pine’s branches arch toward the sky, each bud bursting with spindly green fingers.—
Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Dallas News,
24 July 2023