terminal bud
Americannoun
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terminal buds
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In trees the terminal bud and certain axillary ones, differing according to the species or variety of tree, are, during the winter, much larger than the rest.
From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by A. C. (Austin Craig) Apgar
This second brood often eats through the heart of the terminal bud into the twig.
From The Apple by Various
The tree of evolution under the influence of natural selection alone grows palm-like from its terminal bud.
From Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol 3 of 3) Post-Darwinian Questions: Isolation and Physiological Selection by George John Romanes
K, section of the same, × 2. b, the terminal bud.
From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Douglas Houghton Campbell
He also advises using cions whose base consists of wood of two years' growth, and these furnished with a terminal bud.
From The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States by Andrew S. Fuller
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