Subtend

Subtend verb [ Botany ]

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	The verb to subtend means to occupy, to stand, to be below, to enclose a position immediately below, close and adjacent to something.

(for example a bract below a flower)

Subtending [ Botany ]


	The term subtending describes a leaf or bract whose axil gives rise to a bud (the axillary bud) which may develop into a branch or inflorescence;

Less commonly more than one bud is subtended in each axil.

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