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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respiration

Plants; Horticulture

The chemical process used to liberate the energy of foods for growth, reproduction, assimilation, transportation, etc., is called respiration. It is a slow and enzymatically ...

reverse osmosis system

Plants; Horticulture

A water purification system where the water is forced under high pressure through a very fine membrane that filters out dissolved solutes.

reversion

Plants; Horticulture

The interaction of a plant nutrient with the soil which causes the nutrient to become less available. In fertilizer manufacturing, the excessive use of ammonia in ammoniation of ...

rhizobium/rhizobia

Plants; Horticulture

Genus of cylindrical, aerobic, mesophilic bacteria that infect the roots of leguminous plants causing the formation of nodules. When in a symbiotic relationship with a legume, ...

rhizomes

Plants; Horticulture

Some plants have horizontal perennial shoots growing at or beneath the soil surface, which are called rhizomes. Many grasses have slender rhizomes to aid in producing new plants.

root cap region

Plants; Horticulture

The apex of the root, or root cap, is a thimble-shaped mass of average sized cells which protect the meristematic cells which develop just back of it. If any of these root caps ...

root hair zone

Plants; Horticulture

The younger portion of the mature region, or just back of the elongation region, is the root hair zone. In this zone, the epidermal cells develop hair-like growths or protrusion ...