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Brachiate
With paired branches, those of a pair widely spreading, and at right angles to the next pair.
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Botuliform
Sausage-shaped, long and cylindrical and curved inwards at both ends.
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Botryoidal
Like a cluster of grapes.
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Bostryx
Spiral cymose inflorescence in the shape of a ringlet, i.e. in three dimensions, with the lateral branches developing from the same side and in the same plane as the coil.
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Boss
Knob or knob-shaped protuberance, usually on root, trunk or branch. A round circumscribed swelling or growth (e.g., a tumor) that becomes large enough to produce swelling.
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Borne
Carried.
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Boreal
Far northern, subarctic.
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Bordered
With the margin a different colour.
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Bootstrap analysis
In cladistics, a statistical method to estimate the margin of error.
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Bony
Dense and hard. Hard surface as in a bone. Relating to bones, or made of bone. Referring to a part of the body where the structure of the bones underneath can be seen.
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