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A
Abiotic
Abscission
Abundance
Accessory fruit
Adventitious bud
Adventitious root
Aerial root
Agroforestry
Albino
Alkaline
Alternate leaves
Anemochory
Anemophilous pollen
Angiosperm
Anthocyanin
Arborescent
Arboretum
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B
Bark
Berry
Biomass
Biotic
Bipolar molecule
Boundary layer
Bract
Buttress
C
Caducous
Cambium
Canker
Canopy gap
Capillarity
Carotene
Caruncle
Catkin
Cauliflory
Cellulose
Chlorophyll
Chloroplast
Cladophyll
Clayey
Cloning
Coenocytic
Complex system
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Compression wood
Cone
Conifer
Convention on Biological Diversity
Convergent evolution
Copenhagen Accord
Cork
Cortical region
Coulombe Commission on Forest Management
Crossdating
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CÅ“nocytic
D
Decay
Deciduous
Deciduous leaves
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Dendrochronology
Dicotyledons
Dioecious
Duraminization
E
Echolocation
Ecosystem
Ecosystem-based management
Edge effect
Emergence
Endodermis
Entomophilous pollen
Epidermis
Epiphyte
Ethylene
Evergreen
Evergreen foliage
F
FAO
Flower
Food web
Frankincense
Fructification
Fruit
G
Galbulus
Gall
Germination
Grass
Growth ring
Growth zone
Guard cell
Gymnosperm
H
Hardwood
Hardwood conversion
Heartwood
Heliophilous
Hermaphrodite
Humus
Husk
Hydrochory
I
Increment core
Inflorescence
Infrutescence
Intermediary
International Union for Conservation of Nature
Invasive species
Involucre
K
K-selection
L
Lateral root
Leaf blade
Leaf scar
Leaf sheath
Leaf stalk
Leaflet
Lenticel
Lichen
Lignin
M
Meristem
Monocotyledons
Monoecious
Mulch
Mutualism
Mycelium
Mycorrhiza
Myrrh
N
Native
Needle
Nodosity
Nutlet
O
Opposite leaves
Ornithophilous pollen
Osmosis
Ovary
Ovule
Oxydant
P
Palm
Pappus
Parthenocarpy
Pathogen
Perennial
Perfect flower
Pericycle
Petiolule
Phenol
Phloem
Photoperiod
Photosynthesis
Phyllode
Pigment
Pistil
Pith
Pneumatophore
Pollen
Pre-spermatophyte
Primary growth
Primary producer
Primordia
Progymnosperm
R
R-selection
Rachis
Ramification
Ray
Reaction wood
Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD)
Resilience
Resin
Resin ducts
Rhizome
Rind gall
Riparian
Root cap
Root hair
Root sucker
Rooted trunk
Rootlet
Rot-proof
S
Sapwood
Scale
Sciophile
Secondary growth
Secondary phloem
Seed-pod
Seedling
Snag
Spermatophytes
Sprout
Stamen
Stilt root
Stipe
Stoma
Substomatal cavity
Syconium
Sylviculture
Symbiosis
T
Tap root
Taxon
Tension wood
Tracheid
Transpiration
Tree
Tree of Ténéré
Trimming
Twig
U
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
V
Vascular tissue
Vegetative propagation
Vein
Vessel
Vessel element
Viviparity
W
Whorled leaves
Windfall
X
Xanthophyll
Xerophyte
Xylem
Xylophagous
Z
Zoochory
Zoophilous pollen
