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- Barbed
- Retrorse projections or hairs.
- Basal
- Referring to the base or located there; the lower portion of a structure.
- Bearded
- Bearing long, stiff hairs, e.g. at culm nodes of Dichanthium.
- Bi-
- Two.
- Bifid
- Apex with one cleft or having two teeth.
- Bilateral
- Two sided; structures on two sides of an organ.
- Binomial
- Collectively, the genus name and the specific epithet name of a plant or animal; The latin, scientific name, or "species."
- Bisexual
- Having both sexes; a hermaphrodite.
- Blade
- Part of the leaf above the sheath.
- Bloom
- A waxy covering on surfaces, such as fruits and leaves; usually results in a bluish color.
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- Bract
- A modified leaf, often scale-like (e.g., glumes, lemmas, paleas).
- Branch
- A lateral stem or part of the panicle inflorescence.
- Bristle
- A stiff, slender hair or appendage likened to a hog's bristle; in Setaria , Pennisetum and a few other grasses, it is a highly reduced branch without a spikelet at the apex.
- Bud
- An undeveloped stem, branch, leaf, or flower.
- Bulb
- A subterranean bud with fleshy scales, such as those of an onion.
- Bur
- A rough or prickly covering surrounding the fruits or spikelets of some genera.