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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protoplasm

Plants; Horticulture

The key to life in the cell is a more or less transparent, slimy and mucilaginous liquid, called protoplasm. This protoplasm contains a nucleus and cytoplasm.

puddled soil

Plants; Horticulture

Dense, massive soil artificially compacted when wet and having no regular structure. The condition commonly results from tillage of or heavy traffic on a clayey soil when it is ...

quick test

Plants; Horticulture

Simple and rapid chemical tests of soils and plant tissues designed to give an approximation of nutrients available to plants. Simple and rapid chemical tests of soils designed to ...

reaction (chemical)

Plants; Horticulture

Process in which substances react with one another and are thus altered.

recirculating system

Plants; Horticulture

A term often used to describe a closed irrigation system where the plants or containers are placed in trays or troughs, and the irrigation solution is recirculated between the ...

reciprocal

Plants; Horticulture

Mathematical expression. Equal to the number 1 divided by a specific value. In relation to acidity, pH is expressed as the logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ...