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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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Legumes
Plants; Horticulture
Plants of the family Leguminosae characterised botanically by fruit called a legume or pod that opens along two sutures when ripe. Some samples of legumes are alfalfa, soybeans, peas, clovers, and ...
Leucoplast
Plants; Horticulture
The colourless food-producing plastids are called leucoplasts. They collect sugars and transform them into starches. They are abundant in roots, tubers and similar storage organs.
Leaf blades
Plants; Horticulture
Leaf blades are usually flat and thin to permit good penetration of light and CO2. They vary in shape, size, venation, margins, etc., for the different plants.
Leaf shape
Plants; Horticulture
In shape, leaf blades vary from long narrow blades, such as grass blades, to round or circular forms. There are many variations between these extremes in shape.
Lignosulfonate
Plants; Horticulture
A mixture of sulfonated lignins derived as byproducts of the pulp/paper process. Used as a chelating agent for iron, manganese, copper, and zinc.
Leaf size
Plants; Horticulture
Leaves may vary in length from a fraction of an inch to over fifty feet. Their width may range from a fraction of an inch to over 24 inches.
