Usually means: Leaf folding pattern in buds.
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▸ noun:  (botany) The way in which an individual leaf is folded in the bud.

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foliation, vernation, Pyxis, pleat, phyllid, prefoliation, leaf bud, phyllotaxis, pyxidium, pulvinus, more...

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foliation, vernation, Pyxis, pleat, phyllid, prefoliation, leaf bud, phyllotaxis, pyxidium, pulvinus, more...



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