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Horticulture

Of or pertaining to the business, science, and technology of intensely cultivating plants for the use of humans.

Contributors in Horticulture

Horticulture

Imbricate

Plants; Horticulture

Scales that overlap like shingles; the opposite of valvate in which the scales meet along a line without overlapping.

Incised

Plants; Horticulture

Cut by sharp and irregular incisions more or less deeply, but intermediate between toothed and lobed.

Included

Plants; Horticulture

Not protruding as stamens not projecting beyond a corolla; as opposed to exserted.

Imposter clone

Plants; Horticulture

A clone that has incorrectly replaced the true clone in the trade.

Inbred/inbreeding

Plants; Horticulture

An undesirable plant made by crossing two related plants.

Imperfect flower

Plants; Horticulture

A flower that lacks either stamens or pistils.

Inarching

Plants; Horticulture

A type of grafting that attaches a parent plant using an arched stem.

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