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
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
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
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
The terminal bud, or "cabbage," is enclosed among many thin, snow-white, brittle flakes.
From The Palm Tree Blessing by W. E. Shepard
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