Glossary of terms

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Cristate forms

Термины кактусовода

An anomaly (an unusual form) of plant development in which the growing point is stretched into a line and the cactus acquires a crest-like form.

Crocus

Язык цветов - значения

In the language of flowers: merriment, joy, vivacity, affection;

Crocus (yellow)

Язык цветов - значения

In the language of flowers "Are your feelings sincere?";

Crocus (purple)

Язык цветов - значения

In the language of flowers "Do you regret that you loved me?";

(From Eng. crossing-over - crossover) - mutual exchange of homologous segments between homologous chromosomes as a result of breakage and rejoining in a new order of their strands - chromatids; leads to new combinations of alleles of diffe…

Large rosette

Термины фиалковеда

A type of rosette in which its size reaches 40–60 cm.

Large-sized trees

Специальные термины

These are mature trees with a well-developed branching system, with branches evenly distributed, reaching a height of more than two meters in coniferous species and more than four meters in deciduous species.

Large flower

Термины фиалковеда

A type of flower whose size exceeds 4 cm (for example, in Pink Amiss).

Xerophytes

Термины кактусовода

(From Greek xeros - dry and phyton - plant) - plants of dry habitats, adapted to withstand overheating and lack of water (dehydration), characteristic of a given area.

Xyst

Ландшафтные термины

A small area in front of a house in the form of a flat garden divided into squares or rectangles with a clear axial layout, predominantly featuring lawns and borders.

Maize

Язык цветов - значения

In the language of flowers, abundance;

Plant screen

Ландшафтные термины

A group of trees or shrubs that limits the view of an open space or landscape.

Cultivar

Термины кактусовода

An individual obtained by cultivation and differing in certain characteristics (morphological, physiological, and others) that are valuable to maintain when reproduced both vegetatively and by generative means. Equivalent to the term 'vari…

Cactus culture

Термины кактусовода

The set of practices ensuring the survival of cacti in a collection.

Cultivation characteristic

Термины кактусовода

Distinctive features of plants grown under cultivation, differing from their natural traits.

Cultivated plants

Термины кактусовода

Plants that have been grown for many generations under conditions of selection and care by humans during their cultivation.

Court of honor

Ландшафтные термины

A ceremonial forecourt of a palace, villa, or castle laid out as a garden; on the street side it is enclosed by an openwork fence, and on the remaining sides by the wings or ranges of a U-shaped building.

Curtain

Ландшафтные термины

1) a separate area of a forest, botanical garden, or arboretum; 2) a large group of 20–90 or more specimens of trees and shrubs of a single species; 3) a flower bed edged with turf.

Cuticle

Термины кактусовода

(From Latin cuticula - skin) - a layer of fatty (waxy) substance that covers the surface of the epidermis of aerial organs with a continuous film; poorly permeable to aqueous solutions, gases, and microorganisms. A thick cuticula, densely …

Kuchilyak

Термины кактусовода

Hilly elevations representing outcrops of ancient crystalline rocks. They may have a complex profile as a result of weathering or flat "table" tops.

Labyrinth

Ландшафтные термины

Intricate passages; appeared in gardens of the Renaissance era and became widespread in Russian parks of the 18th–19th centuries. Labyrinths in parks are usually formed from tall clipped living hedges (using hornbeam, linden, laurel). Unti…

Lavender

Язык цветов - значения

In the language of flowers, admiration, solitude;

Lavender (white)

Язык цветов - значения

In the language of flowers: fulfillment of wishes, protection;

Laminaria

Язык цветов - значения

In the language of flowers, sadness;

Landscape

Ландшафтные термины

1) a natural territorial complex, an area of the Earth's surface bounded by natural limits, within which natural components (relief, soil, vegetation, bodies of water, climate, animal life), as well as artificial, i.e. anthropogenic compon…

Landscape architecture

Ландшафтные термины

The architecture of open spaces, a branch of urban planning whose goal is the formation of a favorable external environment for people’s daily life and recreation in cities, suburban and resort areas, and rural areas, taking into account f…

Lateral position

Специальные термины

The position of any part of an organism to the side of the median plane.

Lectotype

Термины кактусовода

A specimen selected as the nomenclatural type from the original material not by the author of the description but by subsequent researchers (in the absence or loss of the holotype)

Flax

Язык цветов - значения

In the language of flowers a family symbol;

Petals

Специальные термины

Modified apical leaves of higher plants that form the corolla of a flower.

Forest park

Ландшафтные термины

A developed forest area organized into a specific landscape and spatial planning system through the gradual reconstruction of plantings and the arrangement of vehicular roads, promenade alleys, pedestrian paths, lawns, drainage channels, e…

Lianas

Специальные термины

These are plants with long herbaceous or woody stems. They require a permanent support. Lianas differ in the way they attach to a support. For example, the stems of asparagus twine around a support; in others this function is performed by …