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Opening :: Opening (n.) A thinly wooded space, without undergrowth, in the midst of a forest; as, oak openings..

Snub :: Snub (v. t.) To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of; to nop.

Hyponastic :: Hyponastic (a.) Exhibiting a downward convexity caused by unequal growth. Cf. Epinastic.

Young :: Young (superl.) Being in the first part, pr period, of growth; as, a young plant; a young tree..

Knot :: Knot (n.) A portion of a branch of a tree that forms a mass of woody fiber running at an angle with the grain of the main stock and making a hard place in the timber. A loose knot is generally the remains of a dead branch of a tree covered by later woody growth.

Yield :: Yield (n.) Amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation.

Nutrient :: Nutrient (n.) Any substance which has nutritious qualities, i. e., which nourishes or promotes growth..

Vegetable :: Vegetable (v.) Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable growths, juices, etc..

Proembryo :: Proembryo (n.) The primary growth from the spore in certain cryptogamous plants; as, the proembryo, or protonema, of mosses..

Nutriment :: Nutriment (n.) That which promotes development or growth.

Stage :: Stage (n.) One of several marked phases or periods in the development and growth of many animals and plants; as, the larval stage; pupa stage; zoea stage..

Root :: Root (n.) The descending, and commonly branching, axis of a plant, increasing in length by growth at its extremity only, not divided into joints, leafless and without buds, and having for its offices to fix the plant in the earth, to supply it with moisture and soluble matters, and sometimes to serve as a reservoir of nutriment for future growth. A true root, however, may never reach the ground, but may be attached to a wall, etc., as in the ivy, or may hang loosely in the air, as in some epiphy

Growth :: Growth (n.) The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity; increase in size, number, frequency, strength, etc.; augmentation; advancement; production; prevalence or influence; as, the growth of trade; the growth of power; the growth of intemperance. Idle weeds are fast in growth..

Straggle :: Straggle (v. t.) To escape or stretch beyond proper limits, as the branches of a plant; to spread widely apart; to shoot too far or widely in growth..

Forktail :: Forktail (n.) A salmon in its fourth year's growth.

Nurser :: Nurser (n.) One who nurses; a nurse; one who cherishes or encourages growth.

Heterauxesis :: Heterauxesis (n.) Unequal growth of a cell, or of a part of a plant..

Overgrowth :: Overgrowth (n.) Excessive growth.

Set :: Set (n.) A young plant for growth; as, a set of white thorn..

Overbattle :: Overbattle (a.) Excessively fertile; bearing rank or noxious growths.

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