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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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Manure
Plants; Horticulture
Generally, the refuse from stables and barnyards, including both animal excreta and straw or other litter. In some other countries the term manure is used more broadly and includes both farmyard or ...
Loam
Plants; Horticulture
The textural class name for soil having a moderate amount of sand, silt, and clay. Loam soils contain 7% to 27% clay, 28% to 50% silt, and less than 52% sand.
Ligule
Plants; Horticulture
A strap shaped organ; a minute projection from the top of the leaf sheath in grasses; the strap shaped corolla in the ray flower of Composites.
Liliflorum/liliflora/liliflorus
Plants; Horticulture
Epithet meaning flowers like a lily; with big white trumpets.
Lutea/luteum/luteus
Plants; Horticulture
Epithet meaning yellow, often a lighter shade than aurea (golden).
