Horticulture

Horticulture

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

Industry: Plants

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npk

Plants; Horticulture

Nitrogen, Phosphorous and Potash; the three main food elements necessary for plant life. Nitrogen is required for foliage and growth, phosphorous for flowers and potash for roots.

nut

Plants; Horticulture

A hard and single-seed fruit found in many trees and shrubs.

nutrient

Plants; Horticulture

A chemical required by a plant for growth.

leggy

Plants; Horticulture

Abnormally tall and spindly growth; a lot of stem space between leaves.

legume

Plants; Horticulture

A pod; the characteristic fruit of the pea family.

Very small wart-like structures, breaking through the bark of most young twigs. Corky in texture and made of loosely packed cells, providing gaseous exchange between the inner tissues of the stem and ...