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Horticulture
Of or pertaining to the business, science, and technology of intensely cultivating plants for the use of humans.
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deciduous
Plants; Horticulture
A plant that loses its leaves in the autumn; falling or not persistent as in maple or oak trees each fall; leaves or stipules which do not persist in a green condition throughout the winter.
decumbent
Plants; Horticulture
Reclining on the ground with the tip ascending; trailing stems on the ground with lateral shoots upright
decurrent
Plants; Horticulture
Continued down the stem in a ridge or wing, as applied to leaf-bases.
defoliate/defoliation
Plants; Horticulture
Loss of leaves such as premature summer leaf drop; casting off or falling off of leaves.
dentate
Plants; Horticulture
Having marginal teeth whose apices are perpendicular to the margin and do not point forward.
determinate
Plants; Horticulture
Said of an inflorescence when the terminal flower opens first and the prolongation of the axis is thereby arrested.
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