Horticulture

Horticulture

Of or pertaining to the business, science, and technology of intensely cultivating plants for the use of humans.

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bud eye

Plants; Horticulture

A potential growth point that is used for budding.

bud scale

Plants; Horticulture

A modified leaf or stipule (there may be one, a few, or many) protective of the embryonic tissue of the bud.

bud union

Plants; Horticulture

A swollen and distinct node when a bud has been grafted.

The thickened underground storage organ of the group of perennials which includes daffodils and tulips. A modified underground stem comprised of shortened central axis surrounded by fleshy scale-like ...

bulbil

Plants; Horticulture

Small bulbs arising around the parent bulb.

bundle scar

Plants; Horticulture

Small dots or lines on the surface of the leaf scar marking the point of original departure of the vascular conducting strands into the leaf. Also called bundle trace.