A reference section with categories and short explanations.
Cactus grower terms
(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…
Special terms
Pruning of trees and shrubs (yew, boxwood, etc.) to shape the crown to the desired configuration.
Cactus grower terms
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…
African violet terms
Group of commercial cultivars of Saintpaulia that share a common flower type.
Cactus grower terms
Plants that have been grown for many generations under conditions of selection and care by humans during their cultivation.
Cactus grower terms
Distinctive features of plants grown under cultivation, differing from their natural traits.
Landscape terms
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.
Bonsai terms
Cuspidate
Cactus grower terms
(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 …
Cactus grower terms
A portion of stem separated from the parent plant, capable, after rooting, of restoring the plant's vitality as a whole.
Special terms
Refers to a part of a plant that, under certain environmental conditions, forms the missing organs. Stem cuttings produce roots; leaf cuttings produce roots and buds. A cutting is taken from the tip of the shoot.
African violet terms
A leaf cut from a mature plant intended for subsequent vegetative propagation of Saintpaulia.
Cactus grower terms
Parts of a plant used for rooting.
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers, farewell, "Goodbye";
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers, sorrow;
Cactus grower terms
(From Latin replicatio - repetition) - the process of self-replication of macromolecules of nucleic acids before cell division, ensuring the accurate copying of genetic information.
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers: caprice, inconstancy;
Bonsai terms
Mother plant (Tsugi-ho - propagated by cuttings)
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers: purity, innocence, true love, "I will never tell";
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers: happiness, fidelity, devotion;
Cactus grower terms
Dead parts remaining on the plant's root.
Special terms
Plants that lose their leaves at the end of the growing season.
Bonsai terms
Deformed
Bonsai terms
Delightful
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers, modesty, unpretentiousness;
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers, inconstancy;
Bonsai terms
Arborescent
Bonsai terms
Dense
Landscape terms
A technique for shaping a park landscape by planting trees 1–1.5 m apart from each other in order to more rapidly create compact stands. Such plantings, during the stage of trunk formation, are more stable and develop well. Thinning is car…
Bonsai terms
Densely flowered
Bonsai terms
Densely leaved
Bonsai terms
Toothed
Cactus grower terms
Seeds obtained outside the plant's native range.
Cactus grower terms
Description of the distinguishing morphological, physiological, or cultivation-related characteristics of plants of various ranks (genus, species, variety, etc.). It is first provided by the author in Latin, with the accepted abbreviation …
Orchid terms
Orchids whose flower has two fertile (i.e., pollen-producing) stamens.
Cactus grower terms
A relatively rare phenomenon in cacti in which the main axis at the stem tip divides into two, usually equally developed axes, forming paired stems each with its own growing point.
Special terms
Branching of the stem by the division of the apical growth point into two parts.
Cactus grower terms
Tendency toward dichotomous branching.
Cactus grower terms
(From Greek di - double and morphe - species, form) - species and populations having two morphs.
Cactus grower terms
Plants having male (with stamens) and female (with pistils) flowers on separate individuals.
