– a way of describing the network of underground roots linking trees to other trees of the same family.

—这种方式描述的是地下根系网，将树木与同族的其它树木连接起来。

Her big idea was the 'wood wide web'-a way of describing the network of underground roots linking trees to other trees of the same family.

她的宏图是建立“树维网”——一种描述将树木与其同族树木连接起来的地下树根网络的方式。