Category: B
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Borne
Carried.
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Boreal
Far northern, subarctic.
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Bordered
With the margin a different colour.
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Bootstrap analysis
In cladistics, a statistical method to estimate the margin of error.
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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.
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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.
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Blunt
Not sharp, ending in a narrow rounded tip.
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Bluish
More or less blue, of a blue hue; sometimes incorrectly spelled blueish.
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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;…
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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’.