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  2. Inosculation - Wikipedia

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    Inosculation customarily results when tree limbs are braided or pleached. The term inosculation is also used in the context of plastic surgery, as one of the three mechanisms by which skin grafts take at the host site. Blood vessels from the recipient site are believed to connect with those of the graft in order to restore vascularity.

  3. Deciduous - Wikipedia

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    Periods of leaf fall often coincide with seasons: winter in the case of cool-climate plants or the dry-season in the case of tropical plants, [19] however there are no deciduous species among tree-like monocotyledonous plants, e.g. palms, yuccas, and dracaenas. The hydrangea hirta is a deciduous woody shrub found in Japan. [citation needed]

  4. Glossary of botanical terms - Wikipedia

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    At or on the apex of a structure, usually a shoot, a stem, or the trunk of a tree, e.g. an apical meristem or an apical bud. apiculate especially of leaves, ending in a short triangular point. See also Leaf shape. apiphily A form of pollination whereby pollen is distributed by honey bees. apo-A prefix meaning "away from, separate, without ...

  5. Mom Faces Backlash After Taking Down Christmas Tree ... - AOL

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    "Take my Christmas tree down with me because there's no point my kids don't have anything to open under my tree for Christmas morning," the TikTok video begins, showing the mom disassembling the tree.

  6. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    apart, separation, taking apart Latin dis-, dif-, di-dilation, distal, dilute, different, dissection: dia-through, during, across Greek διά (diá), through, during, across dialysis: digit-of or pertaining to the finger [rare as a root] Latin digitus, finger, toe digit: diplo-twofold Greek διπλόος (diplóos) diploid, diplosis -dipsia

  7. Dendrology - Wikipedia

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    Dendrology (Ancient Greek: δένδρον, dendron, "tree"; and Ancient Greek: -λογία, -logia, science of or study of) or xylology (Ancient Greek: ξύλον, ksulon, "wood") is the science and study of woody plants (trees, shrubs, and lianas), specifically, their taxonomic classifications. [1]

  8. Tree topping - Wikipedia

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    If a large tree is unable to produce enough sugars to feed the roots, it will slowly die from starvation. [4] Some people have been known to top trees in order to stimulate new growth. When a tree is topped, many adventitious shoots, known as suckers begin to grow from the wound. This is the tree's response to the sudden loss of leaves.

  9. Girdling - Wikipedia

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    Girdling prevents the tree from sending nutrients from its foliage to its roots, resulting in the death of the tree over time, and it can also prevent flow of nutrients in the other direction depending on how much of the xylem is removed. A branch completely girdled will fail; and, when the main trunk of a tree is girdled, the entire tree will ...