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leaf primordium

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leaf primordium

–noun Botany.
a group of cells that will develop into a leaf, seen as small bulges just below the shoot apex.
Also called leaf buttress.
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leaf primordium  
n.  A lateral outgrowth from the apical meristem that develops into a leaf.
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