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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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Extra-axillary

Plants; Horticulture

Above rather than in the axil. Same as supra-axillary.

F1 hybrid/f1 hybrid

Plants; Horticulture

A first generation of a cross of different plants.

Explant

Plants; Horticulture

Any removed portion of a plant used for tissue culture.

Flat

Plants; Horticulture

A shallow box or tray used to start cuttings or seedlings.

Exserted

Plants; Horticulture

Projecting beyond, as stamens beyond a corolla.

Indeterminate

Plants; Horticulture

Said of those kinds of inflorescence whose terminal flowers open last, hence the growth or elongation of the main axis is not arrested by the opening of the first flowers.

Incomplete flower

Plants; Horticulture

One which lacks any one or more of these parts; calyx, corolla, stamens, and pistils.

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