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

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It refers to visible surface roots that come out of the base to spread at the to...

Uwatsuchi (surface soil) refers to microscopic soil that is spread over uetsuchi...

It refers to a back branch that extends to the back of a trunk. It is also calle...

Ukeeda is counterweight to ''kikieda'' (point branch) usually placed on the oppo...

Uetsuchi is soil used when a bonsai tree is planted in a pot. Generally, it is c...

It means the angle at which a bonsai tree is planted. It is possible for a plant...

It takes a normal type of tree primarily several years to several dozen years to...

It is the first branch found from the base of a tree when one starts counting br...