Allele
Термины кактусовода
(From Greek allelon - one another, mutually) - one of two or more alternative structural states of a gene.
Glossary of terms
A reference section with categories and short explanations.
Alley
Ландшафтные термины
A vehicular or pedestrian road planted on both sides with trees, shrubs, or climbing plants
Allogamy
Термины кактусовода
Pollination of a flower by the pollen of another flower, but from the same plant.
Alluvial layers
Термины кактусовода
Sedimentary deposits in the form of alluvial layers, accumulating on land under the influence of flowing water.
Rock garden (alpinarium)
Ландшафтные термины
A rock garden that reflects the beauty of a mountain landscape and its flora. It is characterized by the combination of low-growing alpine plants with rocks and water. Rock gardens first appeared in English landscape gardens in the 18th ce…
Amaryllis
Язык цветов - значения
In the language of flowers: pride;
Ambrosia
Язык цветов - значения
In the language of flowers, your love is mutual;
Ampelous
Термины фиалковеда
A type of rosette with a pronounced main stem, forming lateral branches and hanging over the edge of the pot.
Ampelous rosette
Специальные термины
Type of rosette with a distinct main stem, producing lateral branches and hanging over the edge of the pot.
Ampel plants
Специальные термины
These are plants with long hanging shoots, grown in hanging pots and baskets (циссус, традесканция, сеткреазия, многие пеперомии, хлорофитум, камнеломка и др.). The name itself, translated from German, means "hanging vase for flowers." Amp…
Ampelous plants
Ландшафтные термины
Plants with twining or trailing stems. Grown in ampels (hanging pots, baskets, etc.). Used for decorating gazebos, trellises, canopies, etc.
Empire
Ландшафтные термины
Artistic style of the era of Napoleon I, characterized by a tendency toward monumentality and order in artistic forms. It drew on late 18th-century classicism.
Amphitheatre
Ландшафтные термины
In ancient Roman architecture, it was an entertainment structure with an elliptical plan. In the 17th–18th centuries they began to build them in parks as decorative structures for holding spectacles. In Baroque parks, the amphitheatre refe…
Amphora
Ландшафтные термины
A clay vessel with a narrow neck and two handles, intended for decorating parks. Used by the ancient Greeks and Romans for storing wine, oil, and grain.
Pineapple
Язык цветов - значения
In the language of flowers, perfection;
Anaerobes
Термины кактусовода
Microorganisms capable of living and growing without access to free oxygen.
Anemone
Язык цветов - значения
In the language of flowers: separation, sincerity, hope;
Ensemble
Ландшафтные термины
Totality; unity. A functionally linked assemblage of structures, vegetation, and other landscape elements brought into unity and given a distinct artistic appearance. Compositional integrity and architectural-spatial unity are the main cha…
Anthurium
Язык цветов - значения
In the language of flowers, courage, passion;
Enfilade
Ландшафтные термины
A series of halls or rooms. In landscape architecture — a sequence of courtyards, individual enclosed green spaces connected to each other by passages aligned along a common axis.
Pansy eye
Термины фиалковеда
A flower type corresponding to the wild form of Saintpaulia — five-petaled, with the two upper petals smaller than the three lower ones (for example, in Capri Chris).
Pansies
Язык цветов - значения
In the language of flowers, merriment, amusement;
Apex
Термины кактусовода
The tip of a stem or root where the apical meristem is located.
Apical
Термины кактусовода
Apical, situated closer to the morphological end of a plant organ.
Aralia
Язык цветов - значения
In the language of flowers: closeness, intimacy;
Arrangement
Ландшафтные термины
The placement of flowers and leaves in a bouquet, in vases, baskets, garlands, wreaths.
Arboretum
Ландшафтные термины
A dendrological garden intended for the acclimatization of plants from various climatic zones.
Distribution area
Термины кактусовода
(Distribution area) (from Latin area - area, space) - part of the Earth's territory within which a given taxon (species, genus, family...) is distributed and completes its full life cycle. May be continuous or fragmented.
Range
Термины по орихидеям
The territory within which a particular species, genus, or family of plants naturally occurs.
Areole
Термины кактусовода
Characteristic organ of members of the cactus family. It is a thinly hairy cushion, a hairy or downy area at the apex of the tubercles (bumps) on cactus ribs, covered with a typical cotton-like pubescence, bearing modified bud scales (spin…
Arid species
Термины кактусовода
Plants of dry and hot climates.
Arid conditions
Термины кактусовода
Dry conditions in which the total annual precipitation does not exceed 250 mm.
Architectonics
Ландшафтные термины
In ornamental dendrology, it denotes the structure of the crown; it is determined by its size, shape, the nature of branching of shoots and branches, and the beauty of their mutual arrangement.
Architectural garden
Ландшафтные термины
A type of garden in which garden buildings, architecture, and other man-made structures predominate.
Asymmetry
Ландшафтные термины
(ancient Greek α- — «without» and συμμετρια – «non-correspondence») – the absence or violation of symmetry; a principle of organizing elements of a composition that is based on dynamic equilibrium. The opposite principle – symmetry.
Asparagus
Язык цветов - значения
In the language of flowers, ingenuousness;
Assimilatory surface
Термины кактусовода
The surface of a plant capable of performing the functions of photosynthesis.
Assimilation
Термины кактусовода
The process by which plants take up substances from the external environment and form from them more complex compounds.
Assortment
Ландшафтные термины
A selection of various species of trees, shrubs, and flowers used for landscaping a particular area or site.
Aster
Язык цветов - значения
In the language of flowers, a symbol of love, elegance, refinement, and also remembrance. In China the aster signifies precision. Ancient people believed that the scent of aster leaves, when burned, drove away snakes. Asters were placed in…