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| Term | Definition | |
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| Acaulescent | Stemless or appearing stemless. Opposite of stemmed or caulescent. | |
| Adventitious roots | Roots arising directly from a part of the plant other than the primary root, e.g., the roots that arise from the base of the stem of a corn plant (Zea mays) but adventitious roots can also arise from other parts of a plant. |  |
| Aerial roots | Adventitious roots of lianas and hemiepiphytes in the forest canopy that ultimately anchor in the ground or some other substrate; e.g., some species of Clusia (Clusiaceae) and Philodendron (Araceae). The aerial roots of some species are split and used to make baskets, furniture, hats and as rope to tie together temporary shelters. |  |
| Anomalous secondary growth | A general term referring to types of secondary growth that differ from the more familiar or standard kinds; e.g., that of many lianas. | |
| Arborescent | Treelike. | |
| Basal rosette | Referring to an arrangement of leaves radiating from the base of the stem and usually placed close to the ground. |  |
| Biofilm | A thin layer of living tissue found between a plant body and the substrate. | |
| Bole | The main stem of a tree between the buttresses and the crown. Compare with trunk. |  |
| Branch | A division of the stem, or other axis of growth of a plant. |  |
| Buttress | An outgrowth at the base of a tree trunk thought to support trees when they grown on unstable soil or on steep slopes. | |
| Caespitose (cespitose) | Growing in dense clumps or tufts; e.g., the growth form of some species of Poaceae and Cyperaceae. The clumps are also called tussocks. |  |
| Cane | The stem of large grasses (e.g., bamboos) and small palms. | |
| Cat-claw tendril | A tendril with the distal part divided into three equal, conspicuously recurved, spiny parts; e.g., in |
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| Caulescent | With a stem. | |
| Crown | The top of a tree; i.e., all but the trunk. |  |
| Crownshaft | A conspicuous cylinder formed by the tubular leaf sheaths of some palms; e.g., the royal palms ( |
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| Culm | The stem of a grass or sedge. |  |
| Cushion plant | The growth form of a plant, often of high altitudes, in which numerous stems are congested together resulting in a low, pillow or cushion-like growth form. |  |
| DBH | Diameter of a tree trunk measured at breast height (i.e., 1.3 ms above the ground). | |
| Decumbent | Growing horizontally along the ground but with the apex ascending or erect. |