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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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coppice growth

Plants; Horticulture

Arising from sprouts at the stump; bushy.

corm

Plants; Horticulture

Fleshy underground stem that resembles a true bulb, which produces roots, leaves and flowers during the growing season.

cormel

Plants; Horticulture

A tiny corm (fleshy stem base) around a large mother corm.

corolla

Plants; Horticulture

The petals and normally colored portion of a flower; the inner floral envelope, consisting of petals.

corona/crown

Plants; Horticulture

A fused flower tissue as in the cup of a Daffodil; the point at which a plant’s roots and top join.

cortex

Plants; Horticulture

The rind or outer covering of a stem; technically it lies outside of the vascular bundles, which constitute the stele.

corymb

Plants; Horticulture

A more or less flat-topped indeterminate inflorescence whose outer flowers open first.

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