Basiphilous plants
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Plants that prefer soils with pH 7-9.
Glossary of terms
A reference section with categories and short explanations.
Bevel
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Circular removal of cactus tissue during cuttings or grafting, preventing the retraction of drying tissues. It looks like "sharpening to a pencil".
Binomial nomenclature
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A universally accepted system of names in biology in which each living organism has a genus and species name. For example: genus Mammillaria, species plumosа.
Biological nomenclature
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Also known as taxonomy - the generally accepted rules for naming living organisms.
Biological rhythms
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Cyclic fluctuations in the intensity and nature of biological processes.
Biology
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A comprehensive science of living nature. The subject of study of biology is life in all its manifestations.
Biomass
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The amount of living matter of an organism (for example, a species).
Biomorph
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The external appearance of plants reflecting their adaptation to environmental conditions and expressed in similarities of morphological characters, structural features, life cycle, etc.
Biotope
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An ecologically homogeneous area of the habitat (niche) of plants.
Biotype
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A group of individuals of a given species, genetically and ecologically homogeneous.
Bolson
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Closed basins in the arid regions of the Americas. The floor is usually flat and filled with sediments, often covered with calcareous hardened crusts.
Botany
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The science of plants, their structure, biology, ecology, distribution, and classification.
Bud
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An embryonic shoot consisting of a rudimentary stem with an apical meristem (growth cone) and a floral primordium. Buds are classified as floral (fruit) and vegetative (stem) buds.
Buffer capacity
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The ability of a solution to maintain a constant pH when an acid or a base is added to it.
Buffer systems
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A set of substances dissolved in water that ensures the maintenance of a constant acidity (pH). A characteristic of a buffer system is its buffering capacity.