indeterminate growth

noun

: plant growth in which the main stem continues to elongate indefinitely without being limited by a terminal inflorescence or other reproductive structure

also : growth characterized by sequential flowering from the lateral or basal buds to the central or uppermost buds compare determinate growth

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