ascending
Rising somewhat obliquely, or curving upward. Ascending ovule: one that is attached above the base of the ovary and is directed upward.
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ascending search for term- v. (Fr. scandere, to climb) rising or curving upward.
Ascending Curving indirectly or obliquely upward.
Asexual propagation multiplying plants without use of seeds ...
This is obtained by tapping the sugar-maple tree in the spring, while the sap is ascending vigorously. The trees grow in groves or orchards in New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Canada, as well as farther south.
(Specimens in cultivation may reach 20 feet tall and 15 feet wide.) It has many horizontal and ascending branches and sports glossy, dark green leaves in summer that turn yellow in fall.
It has distinctive foliage, lovely ascending branches and interesting textured bark. In the young tree the bark is a handsome cherry-like, brownish-red, but as it ages it peels to show gray, green, orange and brown.
Reclining, or laying on the ground, but with tip ascending.
Decurrent
A term that refers to leaves whose base extends down the stem below the insertion.
The Romanesco type—that questionable third type—is unique, with spiraling, conical clusters ascending into apple green heads. It's neither broccoli nor cauliflower but rather in a class by itself.
Water here is about thirty metres down and the tap root certainly reaches that far, which is the indicator for the massive ascending limbs of the adult.
Steel walls, glass windows and a black frame make each level a living shadowbox for working, eating, living, and sleeping, in ascending order.
It all got Tracy's imagination churning--enough to buy the place. A longtime Master Gardener and co-founder of the Midwest Hosta Society, she could see the potential: flowers grown on inclines, ascending like clouds of texture and color to embellish ...
 See also: Branch, Flower, Plant, Dense, Medium
  
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