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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Plants; Horticulture

Nitrogen, Phosphorous and Potash; the three main food elements necessary for plant life. Nitrogen is required for foliage and growth, phosphorous for flowers and potash for roots.

nut

Plants; Horticulture

A hard and single-seed fruit found in many trees and shrubs.

nutrient

Plants; Horticulture

A chemical required by a plant for growth.

obcordate

Plants; Horticulture

A leaf with rounded lobes at the tip.

leggy

Plants; Horticulture

Abnormally tall and spindly growth; a lot of stem space between leaves.

legume

Plants; Horticulture

A pod; the characteristic fruit of the pea family.

lenticels

Plants; Horticulture

Very small wart-like structures, breaking through the bark of most young twigs. Corky in texture and made of loosely packed cells, providing gaseous exchange between the inner ...