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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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Legume

Plants; Horticulture

A pod; the characteristic fruit of the pea family.

Ray flower

Plants; Horticulture

A flower with a strap-shaped corolla, usually found on the outer edge of a Compositae inflorescence.

Raceme

Plants; Horticulture

A simple indeterminate inflorescence with pedicel led flowers. An elongated , unbranched cluster of stalked flowers.

Ranked foliage

Plants; Horticulture

Arranged in longitudinal planes around the stem.

Reblooming

Plants; Horticulture

Typically said of a plant with a spring and later fall blooming

Rachis

Plants; Horticulture

The axis along which the leaflets of a pinnate leaf are arranged .

Pungent

Plants; Horticulture

With a sharp, hard point; sharp and acid to taste or smell.

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