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  • Bristly

    Bristly

    Bearing stiff strong hairs or bristles.  

  • Bristle

    A slender and stiff cylindrical emergence, about the size of a hair; Slender stiff continuation of midrib in inflorescence bract. A stiff, hair-like structure. A stiff hair, usually erect or curving away from its attachment point. An outgrowth from any plant organ (leaf, stem, fruit etc.) that is thicker and stiffer than a hair but…

  • Brevisulcate

    (In palynology) with the sulcus of the pollen grain very short.  

  • Breviaxe

    (In palynology) with polar axis of pollen shorter than equatorial diameter.  

  • Breathing root

    Breathing root

    Specialised roots growing upwards from horizontal roots in mangrove or swamp plants, exposed at low tide; usually with lenticels allowing gas exchange.  

  • Branchlet

    Branchlet

    Small branch, the final division of the branching system.  

  • Branch collar

    Branch collar

    Bulge formed at the base of a branch by the production of overlapping bark layers.  

  • Branch

    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…

  • Bractlet

    Tiny bract inserted on the pedicel above the bracteole. A bract seated upon the pedicel of a flower.  

  • Bractiform

    With the appearance of a bract.  

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