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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maturation region

Plants; Horticulture

The root section back of the elongation region is the maturation region. This section of roots is divided into the root hair zone and differentiation zone.

meristematic region

Plants; Horticulture

Back of the root cap is a mass of cubical thin-walled cells which contain much protoplasm. These meristematic cells divide rapidly by mitosis (a cell wall develops across the ...

meristematic tissues

Plants; Horticulture

Embryonic or meristematic tissues are made up of small, thin-walled and frequently cubical shaped cells which are densely packed with protoplasm. These cells divide rapidly into ...

mesophyll

Plants; Horticulture

In the central portion of the leaf is the mesophyll tissue. It is a layer or two of palisade tissue over a spongy tissue. All of these palisade tissues are high in their ...

micronutrient mix

Plants; Horticulture

A commercial fertilizer that supplies more than one of the micronutrients.

milliequivalent (me)

Plants; Horticulture

One-thousandth of an equivalent; see equivalent . Used to express nutrient and salt concentrations in growing media, soil, and plant analyses. One-thousandth of an equivalent. ...