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  2. Trunk (botany) - Wikipedia

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    The trunk consists of five main parts: The outer bark, inner bark , cambium, sapwood (live xylem), and heartwood (dead xylem). [2] From the outside of the tree working in: The first layer is the outer bark; this is the protective outermost layer of the trunk. Under this is the inner bark which is called the phloem. The phloem is how the tree ...

  3. Glossary of botanical terms - Wikipedia

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    A deformation or knot in the branches or trunk of a tree, sometimes sought after in woodworking. [24] burr 1. A prickly fruit. 2. A rough or prickly propagule consisting of a seed or fruit and associated floral parts or bract s. buttress root A root growing from an above-ground stem or trunk, and providing support, e.g. commonly of Ficus ...

  4. Bark (botany) - Wikipedia

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    The bark of Pinus thunbergii is made up of countless shiny layers. Bark is the outermost layer of stems and roots of woody plants. Plants with bark include trees, woody vines, and shrubs. Bark refers to all the tissues outside the vascular cambium and is a nontechnical term. [1] It overlays the wood and consists of the inner bark and the outer ...

  5. Glossary of plant morphology - Wikipedia

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    Mallee – a term applied to certain Australian species which grow with multiple stems springing from an underground lignotuber. Parasitic – using another plant as a source of nourishment. Precocious – flowering before the leaves emerge. Procumbent – growing prostrate or trailing, but not rooting at the nodes.

  6. Why lichens are more than just a splash of green on tree ...

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    The greenshields are a foliose type of lichen, a form that is leaf-like with flat sheets of tissue that can be peeled from the substrate, in the case of common greenshield, from the bark of a tree.

  7. Branch collar - Wikipedia

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    2. Identify the branch bark ridge (raised strip of bark at the top of the branch union or crotch that sits above the branch itself connecting to the trunk of the plant. 3. Mark a point outside both the branch bark ridge and the branch collar, mark a line angling down away following the angle of the branch collar. 4.

  8. 20 iconic slang words from Black Twitter that shaped pop culture

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    The term Black Twitter comprises a large network of Black users on the platform and their loosely coordinated interactions, many of which accumulate into trending topics due to its size ...

  9. Detroit Slang - AOL

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    Detroit slang is an ever-evolving dictionary of words and phrases with roots in regional Michigan, the Motown music scene, African-American communities and drug culture, among others. The local ...