Trunk buttressed
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Title
Trunk buttressed
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Definition
An outgrowth at the base of a tree trunk that does not completely surround the tree.
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Notes
In the Lecythidaceae, buttresses are found mostly in canopy or emergent trees but not in all of them.
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