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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

Disarticulating

Plants; Horticulture

Falling away by abscission, leaving a clean cut scar, as with most leaves, many flowers, some twig tips, etc.

Dividing/division

Plants; Horticulture

A method of propagating plants by separating each one into two or more sections and then replanting.

Dissected

Plants; Horticulture

Cut, lacerated or divided in narrow, slender segments, said of fringed petals or leaves.

Display index

Plants; Horticulture

Percentage of peak display for flowers or other showy part.

Direct seeding

Plants; Horticulture

Germination of seed in their final spot as opposed to in a nursery.

Disc flower

Plants; Horticulture

The tubular flower in the centre of the usual Compositae inflorescence.

Divided

Plants; Horticulture

Deeply lobed when applied to leaves; separated to the base into divisions.

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