2.determinate- not continuing to grow indefinitely at the apex; "determinate growth" phytology,botany- the branch of biology that studies plants indeterminate- having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex; "an indeterminate stem"
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adjective(Bot.)that in which the flowering commences with the terminal bud of a stem, which puts a limit to its growth; -- also calledcentrifugal inflorescence. adjective(Math.)a problem which admits of a limited number of solutions.
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