terminal bud
Americannoun
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terminal buds
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The unexpanded terminal bud is a delicate article of food.
From Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden by David Lester Richardson
A year ago, in the spring of 1920, a terminal bud that had formed in 1919 expanded and gave rise to this rapidly growing shoot.
From The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1 by L. H. (Liberty Hyde) Bailey
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 Carl Weschcke
In opposite-leaved plants the terminal bud may be small and weak, while the two buds at its side may be strong and apt to grow.
From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by A. C. (Austin Craig) Apgar
The axillary buds seldom grow unless the terminal bud is interrupted.
From Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; from Seed to Leaf by Jane H. Newell
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