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Glossary beginning with B
Glossary of botanical terms related to the Lecythidaceae.
B
- Bark fissured
A bark with distinct longitudinal grooves.
- Bark rough
A bark without major fissures and scallops yet with very shallow irregular lines and cracks and shedding small pieces of bark.
- Bark scalloped
A bark that peels in irregular plates that leave conspicuous depressions when they fall.
- Bark smooth
In Lecythidaceae, a bark without fissures, scallops, or roughness.
- Bract
A reduced and frequently otherwise differentiated leaf that is often associated with inflorescences and subtends the pedicels of flowers.