growing tip

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growing
adjective
uk
/ˈɡrəʊ.ɪŋ/us
/ˈɡroʊ.ɪŋ/
increasing in size ...
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tip
noun[C]
uk
/tɪp/us
/tɪp/
a useful piece of information, especially about how to do something or about the likely winner of a race ...
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(Definition ofgrowingandtipfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We conducted experiments to determine the effects of damage to thegrowingtip.
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Damage to thegrowingtipmay come from insect attack, infection by microbial pathogens, damage from vertebrate herbivores, or damage from winds and falling branches.
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Two leaves emerge each year from thegrowingtip.
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For a few trees that had very large angles of inclination, turning up did not recover the crown position but nevertheless restored the vertical orientation of thegrowingtip.
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The kata, thegrowingtipof the plant, was eaten raw as medicine.
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Larvae then damage the bud orgrowingtipof the plant.
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The trunk is usually unbranched, but can branch if thegrowingtipis damaged.
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There is a small area just behind thegrowingtipthat forms the final shape.
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The kata, thegrowingtipof the plant, was eaten raw as a blood tonic or cleanser.
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As a hypha extends, septa may be formed behind thegrowingtipto partition each hypha into individual cells.
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Often green but occasionally light-brown, and sometimes with wings, they may cover (in a colony) the completegrowingtipof the plant.
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In species in which the colony branches, new branches normally arise by division of a distalgrowingtipof an existing branch.
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These hyphae are homokaryotic, containing a single nucleus in each compartment; they increase in length by adding cell-wall material to agrowingtip.
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Thegrowingtipof the neuron, the growth cone, has a distinct appearance depending on what signals are activated inside the growth cone when it touches different substrates.
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Their growth is similar to terrestrial plant species, where eucheuma have agrowingtip, or apical meristem, which is also capable of dividing to form new growing branches.
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As the fern frond is formed, it is tightly curled so that the tendergrowingtipof the frond (and each subdivision of the frond) is protected within a coil.
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