Glossary of terms

A reference section with categories and short explanations.

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Balustrade

Landscape terms

An openwork railing for balconies, galleries, staircases, terraces, often formed of low shaped posts - balusters.

Bankan: (bankan)

Bonsai terms

A style with a trunk that has a large number of bends. The trunk with many bends - 'snake rings'.

Baroque

Landscape terms

An artistic style that dominated Western Europe from the late 16th century to the mid-18th century. It found expression in the creation of gardens and parks in France, Italy and other countries, including Russia. Characteristic features in…

Basil

Language of flowers - meanings

In the language of flowers: disgust, hatred;

Begonia

Language of flowers - meanings

In the language of flowers "Beware!";

Bellflower

Language of flowers - meanings

In the language of flowers: humility, submissiveness, constancy; talkativeness; "Why do you torment me with whims?";

Berceau, bindage

Landscape terms

An arched alley formed by semicircular woven frames on which the crowns of trees met (linden, hornbeam); an area of a garden surrounded by vaulted alleys. Used in gardens and parks of the Baroque era.

Bevel

Cactus grower terms

Circular removal of cactus tissue during cuttings or grafting, preventing the retraction of drying tissues. It looks like "sharpening to a pencil".

Biennial

Special terms

A plant that completes its full life cycle from seed germination to the production of fruits and seeds in two years.

Bilberry

Language of flowers - meanings

In the language of flowers, trust;

Biloba

Bonsai terms

Bifid, bilobed

Bindweed

Language of flowers - meanings

In the language of flowers, beauty;

Binomial nomenclature

Cactus grower terms

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

Cactus grower terms

Also known as taxonomy - the generally accepted rules for naming living organisms.

Biological rhythms

Cactus grower terms

Cyclic fluctuations in the intensity and nature of biological processes.

Biology

Cactus grower terms

A comprehensive science of living nature. The subject of study of biology is life in all its manifestations.

Biomass

Cactus grower terms

The amount of living matter of an organism (for example, a species).

Biomorph

Cactus grower terms

The external appearance of plants reflecting their adaptation to environmental conditions and expressed in similarities of morphological characters, structural features, life cycle, etc.

Biotope

Cactus grower terms

An ecologically homogeneous area of the habitat (niche) of plants.

Biotype

Cactus grower terms

A group of individuals of a given species, genetically and ecologically homogeneous.

Bird cherry

Language of flowers - meanings

In the language of flowers, joy.

Bole

Garden terms

Part of the tree trunk from the root collar to the first branching.

Bolson

Cactus grower terms

Closed basins in the arid regions of the Americas. The floor is usually flat and filled with sediments, often covered with calcareous hardened crusts.

Bonkei: (bonkei)

Bonsai terms

A natural landscape on a tray (rocks, plants, figurines of animals, houses).

Bonsai

Landscape terms

The art of growing dwarf trees, through which the Japanese created miniature gardens.

Bonsai

Special terms

A method of cultivating plants in which, through bending, pruning, and other specialized techniques, a miniature form of a mature plant is produced.

Border

Landscape terms

A low, narrow strip of plants bordering individual areas in gardens and parks.

Bosquet

Landscape terms

A closed, geometrically defined space, bordered on all sides by walls of densely planted trees that have been specially clipped. In Baroque-era parks, the enclosed spaces inside bosquets were called cabinets or green halls. The predominant…

Botanical garden

Landscape terms

A green area intended for scientific research and cultural and educational work in the fields of botany, plant cultivation, and the greening of populated areas.

Botany

Cactus grower terms

The science of plants, their structure, biology, ecology, distribution, and classification.

Boulevard

Landscape terms

A wide, planted strip set off on the roadway along one or both sides of a street or embankment, intended for pedestrian movement and short-term recreation. The term “boulevard” originally referred to the ramparts of fortress fortifications…