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NALT Full

Preferred term

lignotubers

Type

Topic

Definition

A woody swelling at ground level originating from the axils of the cotyledons from whose concealed dormant buds a new tree can develop if the old one is injured. Characteristic of many Eucalypts.
Source: Burns, Russell M. and Barbara H. Honkala, tech. coords. Silvics of North America, vol 2. Hardwoods; Glossary. Agriculture handbook no. 654. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 1990
Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

plant anatomy

Related concepts

root crown

In other languages

lignotubérculos

Spanish

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/210116

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