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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

ovoid

Plants; Horticulture

Said of a bud that is egg-shaped, with the broadest portion near the base.

ovule

Plants; Horticulture

The egg-containing unit of an ovary, which after fertilization becomes the seed.

pad and fan cooling

Plants; Horticulture

The use of a moistened surface and fans to cool a greenhouse.

pacifica/pacificum/pacificus

Plants; Horticulture

From near the Pacific ocean or the Western US.

palmate

Plants; Horticulture

Radiating, fan-like from a common point; as of leaflets of a palmately compound leaf or veins of a palmately-veined leaf.

parasitic plant

Plants; Horticulture

A plant which lives on, and acquires its nutrients from another plant.

monoecious

Plants; Horticulture

A species with unisexual flowers, having both sexes on the same plant.

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