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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healing

Plants; Horticulture

The process of closing of a plant wound or graft union.

heaving

Plants; Horticulture

Lifting of soil and plants due to frost and ice.

heeling in

Plants; Horticulture

Temporarily setting a plant into a shallow trench and covering the roots with soil to provide protection until it is ready to be permanently planted.

heirloom

Plants; Horticulture

Any open-pollinated plant that has a history of domesticity and that has been grown for at least 50 years.

herb

Plants; Horticulture

Any fleshy plant. Used mostly to denote edible aromatic ones. A plant dying to the ground at the end of the season; one whose aerial stems are soft and succulent.