BAMBOO (NMBA) : GLOSSARY

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Glossary

Imbricate

With regularly arranged, overlapping edges, as fish scales

Immature culm

A young culm in which the process of lignification is not yet complete

Impermeable

A soil that does not readily permit the passage of water through it

Indehiscent

Remaining closed at maturity, used in the context of fruits

Indigenous

Native to a specified area or region; not introduced

Inflorescence

An aggregation of flowers.

Intercropping

Growing more than one crop at one time on a given area of land

Inter-node

The part of the bamboo culm-or rhizome-that lies in between two successive nodes.?

Irrigation

Artificial application of water to the soil for the benefit of growing crops

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