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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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espalier

Plants; Horticulture

Any plant trained lattice fashion in one plane; woody plant trained in a lattice-like or fence-like pattern on some support.

etiolation

Plants; Horticulture

Stretching of a plant and loss of color due to a lack of needed light.

escape

Plants; Horticulture

A garden plant that has been seeded or spread into the wild.

evergreen

Plants; Horticulture

Holding or having green foliage through the winter.

leafspot

Plants; Horticulture

One of many types of fungal or bacteria diseases causing round marks.

pinetum

Plants; Horticulture

Pinetum means woody plant collection emphasizing conifers.

pinnata/pinnatum/pinnatus

Plants; Horticulture

Having pinnate or feather-patterned veins or leaflets. Pinnatio means many small, lateral branches growing off a rib or axis.

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