Category: B
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Calathium
A compact cluster of ± sessile flowers.
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Buzz-pollination
Usually of flowers with porate anthers, where the pollen is shaken from the thecae by the vibration of the body of a visiting bee.
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Buttressed
Of the lower trunk of a tree, with buttresses.
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Buttress
Mechanical supporting system at the base of a tree, usually a woody fin. Flattened support structures at the base of the trunk of certain types of trees, particularly in the tropics. Planklike supporting structure extending outward from the base of a tree trunk at the juncture of the roots and trunk. Some are relatively narrow…
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Bush
Woody plant intermediate between shrub and tree, 3–7 m high and usually multistemmed [not recommended]; Low and thick shrub, usually without a distinct trunk [not recommended]; Often used in the same sense as shrub [shrub is preferred in this case]; Undefined term for dense vegetation [not recommended, bushland seems better]. Woody plant with many stems…
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Bursicle
In Orchidaceae, a flap- or sheath-like base covering the viscidium.
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Burr
Rough, prickly envelope of a fruit, formed of cohering prickly bracts, accrescent calyx or pericarp; sometimes spelled bur; Woody swelling of trees, usually at the base of the trunk, associated with epicormic shoots. A bit used with a drill to make holes in a bone such as the cranium ‘or in a tooth.
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Bundle-sheath
Cylinder of cells surrounding a vascular bundle.
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Bundle scar
Marking within a leaf scar where the vascular bundle (vein) was broken.
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Bundle
A strand of specialised tissue, variously modified. A group of nerves running in the same direction. Cluster (fascicle) of filaments or elongated parts, specifically muscle fibers or nerves (e.g., bundle of His). A group of nerve fibers situated close together and running in the same direction; e.g. the atrioventricular bundle. A fascicle, which is commonly…