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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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alpine

Plants; Horticulture

Any plant that is normally found in wild on mountains or in mountainous areas.

alternate

Plants; Horticulture

Said of leaf scars or leaves occurring one at each node.

anchor root

Plants; Horticulture

A large root that holds a plant in a physical soil mass.

annual

Plants; Horticulture

A plant that germinates, grows, flowers, produces seeds in one growing season.

annual ring

Plants; Horticulture

A concentric circle of wood produced by one year’s growth in a tree trunk.

annuals

Plants; Horticulture

Plants whose life cycle lasts only one year, from seed to blooms to seed.

anther

Plants; Horticulture

The pollen bearing part of a stamen, borne at the top of a filament or sessile.

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