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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

B & b

Plants; Horticulture

Balled and burlapped, a method of digging and holding woody plants.

Beaked

Plants; Horticulture

Ending in a point, especially on fruits.

Beard

Plants; Horticulture

Patch of hairs on a flower or other part

Cover crop

Plants; Horticulture

A crop that is planted in the absence of the normal crop to control weeds and add humus to the soil when it is ploughed in prior to regular planting.

Cortex

Plants; Horticulture

The rind or outer covering of a stem; technically it lies outside of the vascular bundles, which constitute the stele.

Corona/crown

Plants; Horticulture

A fused flower tissue as in the cup of a Daffodil; the point at which a plant's roots and top join.

Cotyledon

Plants; Horticulture

Energy storage components of a seed that feed the plant before the emergence of its first true leaves.

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