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1 April 2009
Bladdery
New page: Inflated; empty, and the walls thin like the bladder of an animal. {{glossary}}
Blade
New page: The expanded part of leaf or petal. {{glossary}}
Blanching
New page: A whitening or decoloring of the usually green parts of plants, as in celery or endive when it is prepared for use. {{glossary}}
Bole
New page: The trunk of a tree, particularly of a large tree. {{glossary}}
Boss
New page: A prominent center or projection on a flat and more or less circular surface. {{glossary}}
Bottom-heat
New page: A term used to designate the condition that arises when the roots of plants, or the soil in which they grow, are exposed to a higher temperature than that of the air in which the aerial pa...
Brachiate
New page: Branches or parts spreading at nearly right- angles and placed alternately. {{glossary}}
Brachys
New page: In Greek compounds, signifying ''short'', as brachypodus, ''on a short foot'' or ''stalk''. {{glossary}}
Bract
New page: A much-reduced leaf, particularly the small or scale-like leaves in a flower-cluster or associated with the flowers. {{glossary}}
Bracteal
New page: Concerning or pertaining to bracts. {{glossary}}
Bracteole
New page: Bractlet. {{glossary}}
Bractlet
New page: Bract born on a secondary axis, as on the pedicel or even on a petiole. {{glossary}}
Breaking
New page: Said when buds start to grow. {{glossary}}
Bristly
New page: Bearing stiff strong hairs or bristles. {{glossary}}
Budding
New page: The operation of applying a single bud to the surface of the growing wood of the stock, with the intention that it shall grow. The bud is usually inserted underneath the bark of th...
Bulbel
New page: A bulb arising from a mother-bulb. {{glossary}}
Bulbiferous
New page: Bulb-bearing. {{glossary}}
Bulblet
New page: Aerial bulb; a bulb borne above ground, as in the flower-cluster or a leaf-axil. {{glossary}}
Bulbo-tuber
New page: Corm. {{glossary}}
Bulbous
New page: Bulb-like; with the structure or the characteristics of a bulb. {{glossary}}
Bullate
New page: The surface blistered or puckered, as the leaf of a Savoy cabbage. {{glossary}}
Bursicle
New page: A little pouch-like or purse-like receptacle. {{glossary}}
Bush
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Bush
New page: Having two ears. {{glossary}}
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Bi-
New page: Pulpy, indehiscent, few- or many-seeded fruit; technically, the pulpy fruit resulting from a single pistil, containing one or more seeds but no true stone, as the [[tomato]...
Beard
New page: A long awn or bristle-like hair. {{glossary}}
Beak
New page: A long prominent and substantial point; applied particularly to prolongations of fruits and carpels. {{glossary}}
Bast
New page: The soft part of the fibro-vascular bundles in plants, abundant in the inner bark. It increases in thickness simultaneously with the wood, but much less rapidly. The fibrous elements in th...
Basinerved
New page: All the ribs or nerves of a leaf or petal starting from its base. {{glossary}}
Basin
New page: The depression at the apex or blossom-end of an apple or other pome fruit. {{glossary}}
Basifixed
New page: Attached or fixed by the base, as an ovule that is affixed to its support by its bottom rather than by its side or by an angle. {{glossary}}
Base
New page: The bottom or lower end of a part or structure or organ, even though this part may be uppermost as the organ hangs on the plant. {{glossary}}
Bark-grafting
New page: A kind of grafting in which the cions are inserted between the bark and wood of a stub; often, but erroneously, called crown-grafting. {{glossary}}
Barbulate
New page: With fine beards. {{glossary}}
Barb
New page: A short point or bristle; usually employed to designate points with reflexed or fishhook-like rarely ascending appendages. {{glossary}}
Banded
New page: Marked with cross-bars or horizontal lines of color, or with very prominent ribs or other structure. {{glossary}}
Bacca
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Baccate
New page: Berry-like; pulpy or fleshy. {{glossary}}
Bacca
New page: A berry. {{glossary}}
Bark
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Berry
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Berry
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Bipinnate
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Bulbs
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Axillary
New page: In an axil. {{glossary}}
Axile
New page: Borne in or on the axis, or relating to it. {{glossary}}