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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aggregate flower

Plants; Horticulture

A single flower heaped or crowded into a dense flower cluster.

aggregate fruit

Plants; Horticulture

A fruit formed by the coherence or the connation of pistils that were distinct in the flower.

air layering

Plants; Horticulture

A specialized method of plant propagation accomplished by cutting into the bark of the plant to induce new roots to form; a process of producing a new plant by forming soil around a stem.

alba/albus/album

Plants; Horticulture

White or whitish, usually applied to flowers

albo-

Plants; Horticulture

striata striped or striated in white. Usually a variegated plant.

A soil having a high degree of alkalinity (pH 8.5 or higher) or high in exchangeable sodium (15% or higher) - or both, so that growth of most crops is reduced. A soil having a pH greater than 7.0: ...