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Truncate

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Truncate - square end that looks cut off.
Emarginate - indented or notched.
Obcordate - inversely heart-shaped; an obovate leaf which is much more deeply notched at the tip.

 


Truncate With a leaf or part abruptly cut.
Truss A non-technical term for a domed flower mass.
Tuber A flat underground stem that stores food and plant energy, with growing points from which a plant grows.

Christmas cacti have flattened leaves with scallop-edged margins that are smooth and spineless with tubular 3 inch flowers, as opposed to the Thanksgiving cactus (Zygocactus truncates)(S. truncatus) crab cactus, ...

When you read the careful descriptions of apples like 'Catface' ("from Kentucky, fruit large, conical, truncated"), 'King Tom' ("a crooked, twisting, tangled grower"), 'Summer Pound Royal' ("now pretty widely disseminated in some parts of Michigan, ...

Next time you visit a public garden, look for the telltale triangles, circles and ovals, squares and rectangles, and lines or rows. These shapes frequently overlap or are truncated, giving the plantings a casual appearance.

truncate search for term- a. (L. truncatus, cut off) terminating abruptly, as if tapering end were cut off; cut squarely across, either at the base or apex of an organ.trunk search for term- n. (OFr. trone; fr. L.

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