Bud-scale
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Historical Examples
The Elements of Botany Asa Gray
Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; From Seed to Leaf Jane H. Newell
Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; From Seed to Leaf Jane H. Newell
noun
one of the hard protective sometimes hairy or resinous specialized leaves surrounding the buds of certain plants, such as the rhododendron
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a sport resulting from a bud mutation or bud variation. Historical Examples Darwin and Modern Science A.C. Seward and Others Manual of American Grape-Growing U. P. Hedrick noun (horticulture) a shoot, inflorescence, etc, that differs from another such structure on a plant and is caused by a somatic mutation; the differences can be retained by […]
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a shoot of a plant from which buds are cut for the propagation of that plant. Historical Examples The Peaches of New York U. P. Hedrick
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