terminal bud
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On the cessation of growth in length, a terminal bud is formed and the tree begins to go into rest.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947 by Northern Nut Growers Association
Also it gives me an opportunity to wax over the tip end of the scion when it is devoid of a terminal bud.
From Growing Nuts in the North A Personal Story of the Author's Experience of 33 Years with Nut Culture in Minnesota and Wisconsin by Weschcke, Carl
As the terminal bud always develops unless injured, the tree is excurrent, forming a straight trunk, throwing out branches on every side.
From Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; from Seed to Leaf by Newell, Jane H.
On uninodal branchlets they form an apical group consisting of a terminal bud with a whorl of subterminal buds about its base.
From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell
The terminal bud, or "cabbage," is enclosed among many thin, snow-white, brittle flakes.
From The Palm Tree Blessing by Shepard, W. E.
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