Category: B
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Branchlet
Small branch, the final division of the branching system.
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Branch collar
Bulge formed at the base of a branch by the production of overlapping bark layers.
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Branch
A lateral division of the growth axis. Most commonly used for branches of nerves, but applied also to other structures. Any woody protrusion growing from the trunk, main stem, or bough of a tree, bush, or shrub. A woody division of a stem or root. Any part which grows out of a main part. Any…
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Bractlet
Tiny bract inserted on the pedicel above the bracteole. A bract seated upon the pedicel of a flower.
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Bractiform
With the appearance of a bract.
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Bracteose
With many, or showy, bracts.
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Bracteoliform
Bracteole-shaped [obscure term].
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Bracteole
A secondary bract, usually smaller than the bracts and always borne above them; a small modified leaf (or pair of modified leaves) borne just below the flower, or anywhere along a pedicel above the bract; often defined specifically as the bract at or near the base of the pedicel [vague term with differing uses]. Diminutive…
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Bracteolate
Subtended by, or beset with bracteoles.
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Bracteody
The replacement of floral whorls by bracts [obscure term].