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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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attenuate

Plants; Horticulture

Showing a long gradual slender taper; usually applied to apices, but equally appropriate for bases of leaves, petals, etc.

atro-

Plants; Horticulture

Botanical name prefix meaning dark or intensely colored.

aurescent

Plants; Horticulture

Becoming yellow or yellow part of the season.

axil

Plants; Horticulture

The angle between a petal and a stem; where buds occur above a leaf; the point above a leaf scar.

axis

Plants; Horticulture

The main stem or central support of a plant.

aerial roots

Plants; Horticulture

Roots produced above ground, often used for climbing.

aggregated

Plants; Horticulture

Joined together, confluent, as applied to bundle traces.

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