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How to use terminal bud in a sentence

The presence of this tip-scar indicates that the terminal bud is absent.
Michigan Trees|Charles Herbert Otis
A terminal bud is one situated at the end of a twig, where it is ready to continue the growth of the twig the following spring.
Michigan Trees|Charles Herbert Otis
When the terminal bud is thus prevented from continuing its growth, the nearest axillary buds are developed.
Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; From Seed to Leaf|Jane H. Newell
The axillary buds seldom grow unless the terminal bud is interrupted.
Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; From Seed to Leaf|Jane H. Newell

On the cessation of growth in length, a terminal bud is formed and the tree begins to go into rest.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting|Northern Nut Growers Association