Definitions for "LIGNOTUBER"
Keywords:  mallee, woody, eucalypts, buds, tuber
woody tuber - tuberous rootstock.
a woody swelling at the base of the shoot system below or just above the ground, containing adventitious buds from which new shoots develop if the top of the plant is cut off or burnt (common in the shrubby eucalypts ('mallee') and in many other fire-tolerant Australian shrubs).
a woody swelling that occurs at or just below ground level on many fire tolerant plants
Keywords:  ligule, limb
Ligule Limb