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Horticulture

Of or pertaining to the business, science, and technology of intensely cultivating plants for the use of humans.

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Horticulture

dioecious

Plants; Horticulture

A species having unisexual flowers, each sex confined to a separate plant.

direct seeding

Plants; Horticulture

Germination of seed in their final spot as opposed to in a nursery.

disarticulating

Plants; Horticulture

Falling away by abscission, leaving a clean cut scar, as with most leaves, many flowers, some twig tips, etc.

disbudding

Plants; Horticulture

The processing of removing extra buds to promote larger flowers.

b & b

Plants; Horticulture

Balled and burlapped, a method of digging and holding woody plants.

backcross

Plants; Horticulture

A hybrid of two plants crossed once again back to one parent.

barbed bristles

Plants; Horticulture

With terminal or lateral spine-like hooks that are bent sharply backward.

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