Tridens
Bonsai terms
Three-toothed or three-pointed
Glossary of terms
A reference section with categories and short explanations.
Tsugi-ho: (tsugi-ho)
Bonsai terms
Cutting (Daiki - mother plant).
Tsugi-ki: (tsugi-ki)
Bonsai terms
Bonsai grafting technique.
Tuber
Special terms
A thickened fleshy underground shoot, usually with shortened internodes, or a thickened root. The latter is more often called a root tuber.
Tubercles
Cactus grower terms
Outgrowths, bumps. In lichens, these are specialized outgrowths that have become organs of vegetative reproduction.
Tuberose
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers, dangerous pleasures;
Tuberous bulb
Special terms
A thickened, modified underground shoot.
Tubular flower (tube-shaped)
Cactus grower terms
A flower with united corolla petals and calyx lobes (sepals) when the perianth is double. Often the petals have a short reflex at the tips.
Tubular flowers
Special terms
Flowers of plants that have a regular five-lobed corolla. They are most often located in the central part of the inflorescence and are often surrounded by ray flowers.
Tulip
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers, a symbol of pure love, great happiness; glory, pride; an excellent lover; the emblem of Holland;
Tulip (red)
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers a declaration of love, "Believe me";
Tulip (variegated)
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers, beautiful eyes;
Tulip (yellow)
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers "Your smile is like sunshine";
Turf
Cactus grower terms
The surface layer of soil interwoven with living and dead roots, shoots, and rhizomes of perennial grasses.
Turf bench
Landscape terms
A turf construction forming a projection along a fence. A widespread feature of medieval gardens.
Turgor
Cactus grower terms
The turgid state of cells, tissues, and organs of a plant that gives them strength and elasticity due to the uptake of a sufficient amount of water; a characteristic of a cactus reflecting the degree of saturation of the stem with moisture.
Turgor
Orchid terms
Natural tension of plant cells. A plant can live only when its water balance is maintained, i.e., when the amount of water entering the plant is not less than that being used. When water is used faster (during intense evaporation), the cel…
Tussock
Cactus grower terms
Group growth form, a collection of plant stems growing closely together and forming dense multi-headed groups.
Uekae: (uekae)
Bonsai terms
Transplantation.
Ueki: (ueki)
Bonsai terms
A plant or tree planted in a garden or container.
Unisexual flowers
Special terms
Flowers that contain only stamens or only pistils.
Variability
Cactus grower terms
Minor morphological differences among individuals of a single species, both within a population and between populations separated from each other by considerable distances.
Variability
Cactus grower terms
The presence of heterogeneity and differences among individuals of the same species.
Variability
Special terms
The property of living organisms to exist in various forms. A distinction is made between genetic (hereditary) variability, which may be based on mutations, and modificational (non-hereditary) variability, which is based on the influence o…
Variegated plants
Cactus grower terms
Plants with an abnormal distribution of the green pigment — chlorophyll — in their cells, which leads to the appearance of localized color changes on stems (leaves) in the form of patches of various shapes and sizes.
Variegation
African violet terms
Type of leaf coloration (for example, in Suncoast Anticipation).
Variegation
Special terms
Type of leaf coloration.
Variegatus
Bonsai terms
Variegated
Variety
Cactus grower terms
A taxonomic unit accepted in botany, referring to a group of individuals of a single species that have stable morphological deviations from the "typical" species, which are of minor importance. It occupies a position between subspecies and…
Variety
Special terms
Diversity of plants within a single family.
Vascular bundle
Cactus grower terms
A system of several types of tissues interconnected with one another that perform the function of conducting water and nutrients through the plant, in other words — the assemblage of conductive, mechanical, meristematic, and parenchymatous…
Vascular systems
Special terms
The plant's vessels through which nutrients dissolved in water are transported upward, and waste substances downward. Thanks to them, systemic delivery of insecticides to all parts of the plant is possible.
Vegetation
Cactus grower terms
The state of active life of a plant, manifested in the uptake of nutrients, growth, development of generative organs and other components of the annual cycle.
Vegetation
Cactus grower terms
The assemblage of plant communities (phytocoenoses) of the planet or its parts.
Vegetation cycle
Cactus grower terms
Periodically recurring phases of growth, flowering, and fruiting, alternating with stagnation (dormancy).
Vegetation degradation
Cactus grower terms
Gradual deterioration, a decline in the level of organization of a plant community, caused by changes in environmental conditions or by human economic activity.
Vegetation period
Cactus grower terms
The time during which a plant exhibits active life processes from awakening in spring until entering winter dormancy.
Vegetative bud
Cactus grower terms
That produces a vegetative shoot after unfolding.
Vegetative hybridization
Cactus grower terms
Change in hereditary constitution and the creation of new forms by crossing plants of different species.
Vegetative organs
Cactus grower terms
Parts of the body of higher plants (root, stem) that perform the main functions of nutrition, growth and exchange of substances with the external environment. They do not participate directly in sexual reproduction, but can serve as organs…