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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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Complete fertiliser
Plants; Horticulture
A fertiliser containing all three of the primary fertiliser nutrients (nitrogen, phosphate and potash) in sufficient amounts to be of value as nutrients.
Collateral
Plants; Horticulture
Said of extra or supernumerary buds that are inserted on either side of a normal axillary bud. Said of buds that grow side by side.
Cold frame
Plants; Horticulture
A low frame with clear top used to acclimatise plants to, or protect them from, cold.
Clustered
Plants; Horticulture
Said of leaves, crowded so as not to be clearly opposite or alternate, also said of the whorled condition.
Companion plant
Plants; Horticulture
A plant making an showy, contrasting display or providing pollination
