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Nasturtium

Language of flowers - meanings

In the language of flowers: conquest, victory in battle;

Native plants

Cactus grower terms

Plants that originated and, in the course of evolution, have continued to inhabit the locality to the present time.

Naturalization of plants

Cactus grower terms

The ability of plants to adapt and reproduce in natural conditions that are new to them.

Nebari: (nebari)

Bonsai terms

The base of a tree with roots protruding from the ground.

Necrophages

Cactus grower terms

Organisms that consume the corpses of other organisms.

Necrosis

Cactus grower terms

Death of the tissues of a localized part of an individual while the rest of the organism remains alive (burn, frostbite).

Nectaries

Cactus grower terms

Specific structures in the areoles of certain cacti that produce a sweet liquid attracting insects.

Nematicides

Cactus grower terms

Poisons that kill nematodes.

Nematodes

Cactus grower terms

Parasitic worms.

Neophytes

Cactus grower terms

Plants that have recently appeared in a given locality, newly introduced.

Neotype

Cactus grower terms

A specimen selected to serve as the nomenclatural type until all the material on which the name of the taxon was based has been collected.

Netsuranari: (netsuranari)

Bonsai terms

Several stems growing from a single root lying horizontally on the surface, appearing like a group of trees.

Nettle

Language of flowers - meanings

In the language of flowers, slander;

Niger

Bonsai terms

Black

Node

Special terms

Point where a leaf or a whorl of leaves is attached to the stem.

Nodulosa

Bonsai terms

With small nodules

Nomenclatural rank

Cactus grower terms

Term referring to the determination of the level in the hierarchy of plant groups during their classification and categorization.

Nomenclature

Cactus grower terms

A universal and stable system of names used in various fields of science and technology, including botany (botanical nomenclature).

Non-chlorophyllous forms

Cactus grower terms

Plants that do not have the green pigment chlorophyll in their cells. Due to the presence of other pigments, their stems (in this case, cacti) are colored in various bright shades of red, orange, yellow and lilac.

Nucellus

Cactus grower terms

(From Latin nucella - nutlet) - the central multicellular part of the ovule, surrounded by coats (integuments).

Nucleotide

Cactus grower terms

An individual structural unit of a nucleic acid, consisting of a phosphate, a five-carbon sugar, and a purine or pyrimidine.

Nut

Language of flowers - meanings

In the language of flowers, stupidity;

Nutrients

Special terms

Certain mineral substances necessary for plant growth. These include nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), sulfur (S). Micronutrients are primarily heavy metals. Plants obtain nutrients from the substra…

Nymphaeum

Landscape terms

A richly decorated domed structure with a bathing pool in the gardens of Ancient Rome; in Greece - a shady grotto with water features, surrounded by a variety of vegetation.

Oak leaves

Language of flowers - meanings

In the language of flowers, friendship;

Offset

Special terms

Traditional name for a lateral shoot, often with root primordia or already formed roots. Accordingly, the plant on which offsets form is called the mother plant.

Offset formation

Cactus grower terms

The natural, genetically inherent ability to produce daughter stem shoots (offsets) in a number of cactus species, or induced artificially by removal of the stem's growing point.

Offsets

Cactus grower terms

Lateral shoots of cacti.

Offshoot

Cactus grower terms

A young shoot of a plant arising from the stem or root. Among hobbyists the terms "shoot" or "plantlet" are more commonly used.

Offshoots

Special terms

Aboveground shoots formed from axillary buds on rhizomes and roots, easily detached and often possessing their own root system.

Oleander

Language of flowers - meanings

In the language of flowers attention;

Ontogeny (ontogenesis)

Cactus grower terms

Individual development, the entire complex of a plant's life activities and structure, beginning with its origin from a fertilized egg cell, a vegetative bud, or the division of a mother cell, and continuing until the plant's death.