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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root ball

Plants; Horticulture

The network of roots, with attached soil, of any given plant.

rootbound

Plants; Horticulture

Having a closely packed mass of roots, as on a plant that has grown too large for its container.

rooting hormone

Plants; Horticulture

A growth hormone in powder or liquid form, which promotes the formation of roots at the base of a cutting.

rosette

Plants; Horticulture

A crown of leaves radiating from a stem, and at or close to the surface of the ground.

runner

Plants; Horticulture

A slender trailing shoot that usually roots at the tip and some nodes; a long offshoot of a plant. A slender stem growing out from the base of some plants, which terminates with a ...