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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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Capitata

Plants; Horticulture

Latin name for a plant with a head-like or large clustered feature.

Cauliflorous

Plants; Horticulture

Flowering on the trunk or on specialised spurs from it or from the larger branches.

Carpel

Plants; Horticulture

A single pistil in a female flower part containing several pistils

Caudiform

Plants; Horticulture

A plant with a fleshy swollen base that is not a true bulb.

Caulescent

Plants; Horticulture

Having an evident leaf bearing stem above ground.

Canker

Plants; Horticulture

Bacterial or fungal disease causing bark lesions

Caryopsis

Plants; Horticulture

The fruit of members of the grass family.

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