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单词 lignotuber
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Definition of lignotuber in English:

lignotuber

nounˈlɪɡnəʊˌtjuːbəˈliɡnōˌt(y)o͞obər
Botany
  • A rounded woody growth at or below ground level on some shrubs and trees that grow in areas subject to fire or drought, containing a mass of buds and food reserves.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Their seedlings become highly ramified, passing through a creeping establishment phase consisting of a decumbent lignotuber with several basal sprouts.
    • She does not consider the most common figlike form to be a seedling, defining it instead as an aerial lignotuber.
    • We've just heard about lignotubers for example, which allow eucalypts to continue to grow even after a bushfire.
    • The latter have developed specialized, enlarged woody growths called lignotubers, which can store nutrients and water in the earth, out of the reach of fire.
    • Once the apex of a lignotuber penetrates below ground, it forms rhizomatous tissue that can generate both aerial shoots and adventitious roots.
 
 

Definition of lignotuber in US English:

lignotuber

nounˈliɡnōˌt(y)o͞obər
Botany
  • A rounded woody growth at or below ground level on some shrubs and trees that grow in areas subject to fire or drought, containing a mass of buds and food reserves.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The latter have developed specialized, enlarged woody growths called lignotubers, which can store nutrients and water in the earth, out of the reach of fire.
    • We've just heard about lignotubers for example, which allow eucalypts to continue to grow even after a bushfire.
    • Once the apex of a lignotuber penetrates below ground, it forms rhizomatous tissue that can generate both aerial shoots and adventitious roots.
    • She does not consider the most common figlike form to be a seedling, defining it instead as an aerial lignotuber.
    • Their seedlings become highly ramified, passing through a creeping establishment phase consisting of a decumbent lignotuber with several basal sprouts.
 
 
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