terminal bud
Americannoun
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terminal buds
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The boys, after receiving minute instructions, went to the palmetto-tree and brought away several pounds of the terminal bud.
From The Big Brother A Story of Indian War by George Cary Eggleston
Occasionally they grow the same season into branches; at least, some of them are pretty sure to do so whenever the growing terminal bud at the end of the shoot is injured or destroyed.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray
The terminal bud, or "cabbage," is enclosed among many thin, snow-white, brittle flakes.
From The Palm Tree Blessing by W. E. Shepard
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
During this remarkable process, which consumes from two to four weeks, the terminal bud has remained dormant.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons
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