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Glossary of Botanical Terms:

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lignotuber: a woody swelling, partly or wholly underground, at the base of certain plants and containing numerous cortical buds, as in many eucalypts (Fig. 1 H); see mallee.



Fig. 1. Plant Habits and Growth Forms. A, erect; B, ascending; C, virgate; D, intricate; E, divaricate; F, suckers; G, coppice shoots; H, lignotuber; I, epiphytes; J, decumbent; K, procumbent; L, prostrate; M, stoloniferous; N, rhizomatous; O, pendent.
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