leaf sheath

noun

1. botany the basal part of a grass leaf that encircles the stem

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The leaf sheath colour was observed and scored directly and the tiller angle was measured for each plant.

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Hard pines retain the leaf sheath until the leaves are shed.

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This prevents rain soaking down inside the leaf sheath, but lets it run down the outside to the root where it is needed.

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L Lemmathe flowering glume of a grass, 15.Ligulethe thin, scarious projection found at the top of the leaf sheath where it joins the blade in grasses, 3.Lodiculea small scale outside the stamens in the flower of grasses.

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