Bucrania
(in classical architecture) an ornament, especially on a frieze, having the form of the skull of an ox.
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Botany. a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud) an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant. Zoology. (in certain animals of low organization) a prominence that develops into a new individual, sometimes permanently attached to the parent […]
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a variation produced by a genetic alteration in the bud such that the seeds produced by the resulting growth perpetuate the change in succeeding generations. Historical Examples The Cherries of New York U. P. Hedrick