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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

indeterminate

Plants; Horticulture

Said of those kinds of inflorescence whose terminal flowers open last, hence the growth or elongation of the main axis is not arrested by the opening of the first flowers.

imperfect flower

Plants; Horticulture

A flower that lacks either stamens or pistils.

imposter clone

Plants; Horticulture

A clone that has incorrectly replaced the true clone in the trade.

inarching

Plants; Horticulture

A type of grafting that attaches a parent plant using an arched stem.

inbred/inbreeding

Plants; Horticulture

An undesirable plant made by crossing two related plants.

indicator plant

Plants; Horticulture

A sensitive plant that alerts to some condition such as drought.

inorganic

Plants; Horticulture

Something that was never alive; of human manufacture.

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