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Glossary of terms

A reference section with categories and short explanations.

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Bankan: (bankan)

Bonsai terms

A style with a trunk that has a large number of bends. The trunk with many bends - 'snake rings'.

Biloba

Bonsai terms

Bifid, bilobed

Bonkei: (bonkei)

Bonsai terms

A natural landscape on a tray (rocks, plants, figurines of animals, houses).

Brefolius

Bonsai terms

With very short leaves

Bunjingi: (bundzhingi)

Bonsai terms

Aesthetic, bohemian style. The trunk or trunks grow with a slight lean and with branches in the upper part of the trunk. Container: round, round with raised edges.

Carneus

Bonsai terms

Flesh-colored

Cerefolius

Bonsai terms

With a waxy coating on the leaves

Chokkan: (tyokkan)

Bonsai terms

Style with a strictly vertical trunk, pyramidal, with evenly arranged branches. An alternative Russian translation is "mast style". Container: rectangular, oval, round.

Daiki: (daiki)

Bonsai terms

Mother plant (Tsugi-ho - propagated by cuttings)