terminal bud
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terminal buds
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I seem to have made the observation that if a small side branch from old wood carries a large terminal bud, this bud will start promptly when old wood constitutes the rest of the scion.
From Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Fourth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. November 18 and 19, 1913 by Northern Nut Growers Association
Growing from the apex by a terminal bud or by the apical cell only.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
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 ends of its long branches apply themselves to the ground and begin to pierce its surface, the incipient leaves of its terminal bud becoming metamorphosed into roots.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 by Various
All juglans regias grew a yard from each terminal bud.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Eleventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. October 7 and 8, 1920 by Northern Nut Growers Association
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