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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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flat

Plants; Horticulture

A shallow box or tray used to start cuttings or seedlings.

feathering

Plants; Horticulture

Spreading out roots before planting a potted plant.

fertilizer

Plants; Horticulture

Organic or inorganic plant food used to amend the soil in order to improve the quality or quantity of plant growth.

fiddlehead

Plants; Horticulture

An unfurling fern frond that resembles the end of a violin.

filament

Plants; Horticulture

The slender stalk or stem of the anther or pollen sac.

fireblight

Plants; Horticulture

A serious bacterial disease that kills members of the rose family.

fissured

Plants; Horticulture

Torn lengthwise, in vertical furrows, as applied to bark, or to pith, for which the more general term spongy is used.

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