Because the leaves on a tree branch all grow at the same end of the branch, Eloy modeled the force of wind blowing on a tree's leaves as a force pressing on the unanchored end of a cantilevered beam. (sciencemag.org)
Information was stored hierarchically: a treelike central repository held documents at the end of its branches. (scientificamerican.com)
In the mouth, the ends of these branches are sensitive to temperature and foreign substances such as capsaicin. (newscientist.com)