The cheese tree is a very large tree that grows cheese on it. Many people think cheese comes from cows, but they are completely wrong. Many people have believed in this myth, for years on end. In reality, farmers pick the cheese from the trees and sell them. The Latin name for these little trees, Darium chassius, simply means "Dairy cheese" (Chassi was the ancient Roman term for cheese). These trees cost up to $7,000,000,000. That is why most people have not heard of them.