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A reference section with categories and short explanations.

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Dioecious plants

Special terms

Species whose individual plants bear unisexual (only male or only female) flowers

Dissectus

Bonsai terms

With deeply divided leaves

Distribution area

Cactus grower terms

(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.

Dominant

Cactus grower terms

(From Latin dominantis - dominant) a species that is quantitatively predominant in a given community.

Dormancy period

Garden terms

A period during which growth processes in the plant are almost completely halted and the intensity of metabolic activity is reduced.

Dormant

Cactus grower terms

(Dormant state) (from English dormant - inactive, sleeping) - being in a state of rest or hibernation.

Dormant buds

Cactus grower terms

Formed in autumn but developing in spring.

Double-flowered

African violet terms

Type of flower in which the number of petals exceeds 10 (for example, in Majesty).

Drainage

Cactus grower terms

The bottom layer in plant pots consisting of small stones, sand, crushed brick, clay shards, expanded clay (LECA), coarse gravel and other materials to prevent waterlogging in the lower layers of the root ball and to increase aeration of t…

Duct

Landscape terms

A forest road, a clearing in a dense park or forest park, and also a view along alleys in Baroque-era parks and between groups of trees in a landscape park.

Ecological niche

Cactus grower terms

The physical space with its characteristic ecological conditions that determine the existence of an organism; the place of a species in nature.

Ecotope

Cactus grower terms

(From Greek oikos - dwelling, habitat, and topos - place) the aggregate of abiotic environmental conditions of a given site that constitutes the habitat for a particular plant community.

Ecotype

Cactus grower terms

Genetically fixed, ecologically formed race (group of individuals of a single species).

Edatop

Cactus grower terms

The set of soil characteristics of a given environment.

Elite plants

Cactus grower terms

The best representatives of a genus or species, selected from collections as source material for their further propagation.

Empire

Landscape terms

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.

Enclosure

Landscape terms

A large cage, pavilion, or area enclosed by a ditch or mesh, for keeping birds or animals.

Endemic

Cactus grower terms

(From Greek endemos - local) - a taxon (species, genus, family...) restricted in its distribution to a particular territory and not found anywhere else in the wild.

Endosperm

Cactus grower terms

(From Greek endon - inside and sperma - seed) - nutritive tissue that develops in the seed. In cacti it is absorbed by the embryo already at an early stage of development and in the seed is residually represented only by a thin film (not t…

Enfilade

Landscape terms

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.

English parterre

Landscape terms

A type of classic garden parterre characterized by a relatively simpler design formed using lawn and sand, sometimes incorporating flowers.

Ensemble

Landscape terms

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…

Enzymatic treatment

Cactus grower terms

Treatment of seeds with biological catalysts — enzymes, accelerating seed germination. Simulates the passage of seeds through the digestive tract of animals.

Enzymes [enzymes, biocatalysts]

Cactus grower terms

(From Latin fermentum - fermentation, leaven) specific proteins present in all living cells and playing the role of biological catalysts.

Ephemeral structures

Landscape terms

Temporary lightweight structures in 18th-century parks designed for an illusory or fleeting effect (for example, a tent imitating a stone building, a footbridge made of living trees, etc.).