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(botany) Unusually small size resulting from the shortening of internodes..
Some forms of disordered growth have been recognized in the United States, such as tomosis or leafcut, and brachysm or shortening of the internodes of the fruiting branches.
In teosinte there is no such indication of brachysm, all branches having elongated internodes. The first indication of the contamination of teosinte with maize is in the direction of brachysm, as instanced by a shortening of the pistillate rachis, resulting in displacing the alignment of the seeds and a shortening also of the lateral vegetative branches.
The intermittent brachysm of line 59 was recessive to the non-brachytic, normal condition.
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Brachysm means (botany) Unusually small size resulting from the shortening of internodes..
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Some forms of disordered growth have been recognized in the United States, such as tomosis or leafcut, and brachysm or shortening of the internodes of the fruiting branches.
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