BAMBOO (NMBA) : GLOSSARY

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Glossary

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Acuminate

With a long slender sharp point and concave sides

Acute

Sharp-pointed

Adventitious

Occurring in an abnormal position

Air-dry

Bamboo in a condition that has been dried through exposure to natural conditions to a level approximately in equilibrium with atmospheric conditions

Alluvial soil

Soil, usually rich in minerals, deposited by water as in flood plains

Amphipodial

A?system of rhizome axes in which both sympodial and monopodial branching occurs

Apical dominance

In some plants, the lateral bud located in the axil of each leaf does not grow to form branches, especially at first; this condition is known as apical dominance

Appressed organ

Closely or flatly pressed against the entire length of an organ part

Arborescent

Tree-like growth or form, attenuate with a long slender taper

Auricle

Ear-shaped lobe or extension at the base of the blade on each side; this extension can be enlarged towards the outer end. A pair of auricles are found on each culm sheath or leaf.

Awl shaped

Narrow, and gradually tapering to a sharp point

Axis

An imaginary central line of development of any plant or organ

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