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Unbranched   Botany  ]
Synonyms: Branchless, Unbranching, Solitary
non-branched.

Dictionary of botanic terminology
index of names

     
  Without branches, a plant with an unbranched stem. For example a palm tree, or a solitary (Single stemmed) cactus.  
     

Antonyms: branched, clustering, clumping

Unbranched habit   [ Plant Morphology - Botany]
(
Synonym: Branchless or Solitary Habit)
     
  An unbranched or solitary  habit is a vegetative features that describe a  plant having a single stem without secondary branches.  
     
  Left:  Echinocactus grusonii var. brevispinus
Right:
Astrophytum asterias nudum

Two solitary (unbranched) cacti.

 

 


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