Plants

Plants

Any of various photosynthetic, eukaryotic, multicellular organisms of the kingdom Plantae characteristically producing embryos, containing chloroplasts, having cellulose cell walls, and lacking the power of locomotion.

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molar solution

Plants; Horticulture

Solution containing 1 mol per liter (unit designation: M).

molybdenum (mo)

Plants; Horticulture

Molybdenum (Mo) is a metallic micronutrient that is absorbed as a molybdate anion (MoO4-2 ). Plants require molybdenum in the smallest quantities of all the essential elements. ...

muck

Plants; Horticulture

Highly decomposed organic soil material developed from peat. Generally, muck has a higher mineral or ash content than peat and is decomposed to the point that the original plant ...

nature of roots

Plants; Horticulture

When a seed germinates, its embryo sends out a cylindrical tube that is a mass of meristematic cell. This tube grows both downward and upward. The downward growing portion is ...

nature of stems

Plants; Horticulture

Most stems are classified as aerial or grow above the soil. There are some stems, which grow in the soil or at the surface and are called subterranean shoots. There are several ...