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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

iaa

Plants; Horticulture

Indole-3-acetic acid; used to promote rooting in cuttings.

iba

Plants; Horticulture

Indolebutyric acid; used to promote rooting in cuttings.

-ii

Plants; Horticulture

Suffix on plant names honoring the person who found it.

imbricate

Plants; Horticulture

Scales that overlap like shingles; the opposite of valvate in which the scales meet along a line without overlapping.

incised

Plants; Horticulture

Cut by sharp and irregular incisions more or less deeply, but intermediate between toothed and lobed.

included

Plants; Horticulture

Not protruding as stamens not projecting beyond a corolla; as opposed to exserted.

incomplete flower

Plants; Horticulture

One which lacks any one or more of these parts; calyx, corolla, stamens, and pistils.

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