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Plant terms are words and phrases that are used in botany. Plant terms describe plant life, growth, structure and classification. Knowing and understanding plant terms is vital to the study of botany.
Featured Article: Houseplant
Houseplant, a potted plant that is easily grown indoors. Houseplants provide decoration for the home and a hobby for the indoor gardener. See more »
Damping-off
Damping-off, a disease of seeds, seedlings, and cuttings that can occur when the soil is overwatered or when the seeds are planted too close together.
See more »Drupe
Drupe, a fleshy fruit that develops from a single ovary and contains one or more seeds enclosed within a hard pit, or stone, in the fruit's center.
See more »Dutch Elm Disease
Dutch Elm Disease, a severe disease that attacks elm trees. Some elm species, including the American elm, are more seriously affected than others.
See more »Epiphyte
Epiphyte, any plant that grows on and is supported by another object, but does not receive nourishment from it.
See more »Fauna
Fauna, the animal life of a given region, or the animal life of a certain geological period.
See more »Floriculture
Floriculture, the cultivation of ornamental flowering plants. The term is applied particularly to commercial flower growing.
See more »Flower Show
Flower Show, an exhibit in which flowering plants and foliage plants are displayed according to rules set by a governing committee.
See more »Gall
Gall, an abnormal growth or swelling on a tree or other plant. Galls may occur on the leaves, bark, stems, or roots.
See more »Gum
Gum, a sticky substance taken from plants. Gums are taken from the seeds of some plants, from the dried exudates (discharges) of other plants, and from the cell walls or tubers of a few plants.
See more »Gum Resin
Gum Resin, a natural mixture of gum and resin that is obtained from the leaves and bark of certain plants.
See more »Herbarium
Herbarium, a collection of plants, preserved for storage and display and systematically arranged for scientific study.
See more »Houseplant
Houseplant, a potted plant that is easily grown indoors. Houseplants provide decoration for the home and a hobby for the indoor gardener.
See more »Leaves
Leaves, organs that grow from the stems of the higher plants. Leaves range in length from less than one inch (a few millimeters) in duckweeds to more than 50 feet (15 m) in some plants.
See more »Lespedeza
Lespedeza, or Bush Clover, a group of annual and perennial herbs and shrubs native to eastern Asia, Australia, and North America.
See more »Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden, popularly called Shaw's Garden, a privately endowed garden and arboretum in Missouri.
See more »Morton Arboretum
Morton Arboretum, an outdoor museum of trees, shrubs, and vines at Lisle, Illinois, 24 miles (39 km) west of downtown Chicago.
See more »Mosaic disease
Mosaic Disease, a virus disease of plants. The leaves of diseased plants usually turn a mottled dark green and light green, or yellow and green.
See more »Nectar
Nectar, in botany, a sweet, sugary liquid secreted by flowers from glands, called nectaries, located at the base of the corollas and petals.
See more »New York Botanical Garden
New York Botanical Garden, an institution maintained by a private corporation and New York City.
See more »Organic Gardening
Organic Gardening, a type of gardening in which only naturally occurring materials are used in all the phases of plant growing—including soil improvement, fertilizing, and pest control.
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