GLOSSARY A collection of bonsai-related technical terms. Search terms to find out their pronunciations and meanings.

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Represents part or most of a trunk that has been damaged or split by nature afte...

Growing from cuttings. This is the method used to put part of a plant -- for exa...

A directional branch, or show branch, that acts as the focal point of a tree. In...

Refers to virtually completing the process of composing a tree as a result of cu...

The foundation or base of a tree and one of the accomplishments of nebari, a ter...

Coarse soil used at the bottom of the pot for good drainage. Soil for bonsai and...

The method whereby a bonsai pot is dipped into a water-filled basin to allow it ...

A tree with a high waist is called koshidaka. It also refers to the distance bet...