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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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Photosynthesis
Plants; Horticulture
The internal process by which a plant turns sunlight into growing energy. The formation of carbohydrates in plants from water and carbon dioxide, by the action of sunlight on the Chlorophyll in the ...
Pinna
Plants; Horticulture
A leaflet of a compound leaf; when applied to ferns, the primary division attached to the main rachis; feather-like.
Pinching back
Plants; Horticulture
Nipping off the very tip of a branch or stem. Pinching promotes branching, and a bushier, fuller plant
Pinnate
Plants; Horticulture
A compound leaf with leaflets or segments along each side of a common axis or rachis; feather-like.
