Category: B

  • Borne

    Carried.  

  • Boreal

    Far northern, subarctic.  

  • Bordered

    With the margin a different colour.  

  • Bootstrap analysis

    In cladistics, a statistical method to estimate the margin of error.  

  • Bony

    Bony

    Dense and hard. Hard surface as in a bone. Relating to bones, or made of bone. Referring to a part of the body where the structure of the bones underneath can be seen.  

  • Bole

    Bole

    In trees, the part of the trunk below the lowermost branches; the unbranched part of the trunk. The lowest part of the trunk of a tree, from the ground to the lowest branches.  

  • Blunt

    Blunt

    Not sharp, ending in a narrow rounded tip.  

  • Bluish

    More or less blue, of a blue hue; sometimes incorrectly spelled blueish.  

  • Blotch

    Irregular spot of colour. A reddish patch on the skin. A blemish, spot, or area of discoloration on the skin. A conspicuous discolouration of a leaf or fruit characterized by a sizable expanse is referred to as X. In leaves, the pattern of X does not correlate with the arrangement of major or minor veins;…

  • Blossom

    Blossom

    Flower, or flowers, especially of fruit trees. Much the same as bloom, except that it is used for the massed flowering of deciduous orchard trees, and to signify the position of the withered floral remains of a fruit, as in ‘blossom end’.