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Caespitose : |
growing in dense clumps. The rhizomes are not running and have a tendency not to spread. |
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Culm : |
the main stem of the Poaceae. When referring to bamboo, It is also called canes. |
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Internode : |
hollow section of culm, branch or rhizome between two nodes. |
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Culm sheath : |
plant casing attached to each node that wraps and protects the culm during growth. |
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Glabrous : |
hairless. |
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Shoot : |
the stage in the development of the bud before it becomes a culm with branches and leaves. |
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Pruina : |
a bloom, white waxy-looking deposit covering a vegetal element. |
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Rhizome : |
a horizontal and usually underground stem. |
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Sulcus (intermodal sulcus) : |
a groove or depression running along the internodes of culms or branches. |
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Running : |
this describes a bamboo whose rhizomes have a pronounced horizontal growth. They tend to develop along the surface of the soil. |
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Turion : |
a fleshy and tender young shoot emerging from the ground without branches or leaves. |