GardenWeb Glossary of Botanical Terms
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- scale
- 1. A thin, membrane-like covering of the bud or twig base. A fine, grain-like surface material. 2. Sap-feeding insects that live under shell-like scales on stems, bark, and leaves.
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- scale leaves
- Specialized leaves, including those covering buds or composing bulbs.
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- scales
- The chaff on the stems of ferns.
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- Beaufort scale
- An artificial number scale invented by Francis Beaufort in 1805 to show approximate wind sp.ed ranging from 0 miles per hour (mph) for calm to 12 mph for a hurricane velocity in excess of 75 mph.
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- bud-scale
- A modified leaf, without lamina, protecting a bud.
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- cone-scale
- One of the scales of a cone.
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