Bulengrin
Ландшафтные термины
A special sports-type lawn whose central part is lowered in the form of a flat hollow. Bulengrin is used to enhance the sense of spaciousness in parks and gardens.
Glossary of terms
A reference section with categories and short explanations.
Bulb (pseudobulb)
Термины по орихидеям
A thickened part of the stem in sympodial orchids. They serve as reservoirs of nutrients and water in case of prolonged drought, which is characteristic of plants that lead an epiphytic lifestyle. Bulbs have various shapes, depending on th…
Boulevard
Ландшафтные термины
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…
Buffer capacity
Термины кактусовода
The ability of a solution to maintain a constant pH when an acid or a base is added to it.
Buffer systems
Термины кактусовода
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.
Bulbil
Специальные термины
A more or less formed vegetatively produced primordium of a future plant in the form of a small rosette of leaves or a small bulb. After natural separation from the parent plant it serves for vegetative reproduction. Bulbils may arise in i…
Bindweed
Язык цветов - значения
In the language of flowers, beauty;
Biennial
Специальные термины
A plant that completes its full life cycle from seed germination to the production of fruits and seeds in two years.
Bellflower
Язык цветов - значения
In the language of flowers: humility, submissiveness, constancy; talkativeness; "Why do you torment me with whims?";
Bellflower (Irish)
Язык цветов - значения
In the language of flowers, luck;
Budding
Cадовые термины
One of the methods of grafting a bud (eye) of a cultivated variety onto a rootstock.
Bittersweet nightshade
Язык цветов - значения
In the language of flowers, truth;
Bud
Термины кактусовода
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.
Buds
Специальные термины
Plant organs from which shoots, leaves, flowers, or whole plants develop. Distinguished are apical (terminal) buds at the tip of the shoot, axillary buds in the leaf axils, dormant buds that may remain unchanged for a year and sprout only …
Bract, bracteal leaf
Специальные термины
Reduced or modified green (or otherwise colored) leaf at the base of a flower. Sometimes several bracts are formed.
Bevel
Термины кактусовода
Circular removal of cactus tissue during cuttings or grafting, preventing the retraction of drying tissues. It looks like "sharpening to a pencil".
Bird cherry
Язык цветов - значения
In the language of flowers, joy.
Bilberry
Язык цветов - значения
In the language of flowers, trust;
Bole
Cадовые термины
Part of the tree trunk from the root collar to the first branching.