Usually means: Suppression of lateral buds by apex.
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  1. apical dominance: Merriam-Webster
  2. apical dominance: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. apical dominance: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. apical dominance: Dictionary.com
  5. Apical dominance: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. apical dominance: TheFreeDictionary.com
  7. apical dominance, Apical dominance: Merriam-Webster

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  1. apical dominance: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Apical dominance)

noun:  In botany, apical dominance is the phenomenon whereby the main, central stem of the plant is dominant over (i.e., grows more strongly than) other side stems; on a branch the main stem of the branch is further dominant over its own side twigs.


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