Comb-like
African violet terms
A type of semi-double flower in which, in addition to the five petals, there are 1 - 3 additional underdeveloped ones.
Glossary of terms
A reference section with categories and short explanations.
Commercial, industrial cultivar
African violet terms
A cultivar of Saintpaulias, grown in large quantities most often on Dutch and German farms for mass sale. Used by designers for interior decoration, but due to the use of hydroculture during cultivation it retains its decorative appearance…
Compartment
Landscape terms
A separate garden-and-park composition in the gardens and parks of the 17th–18th centuries, parts of which formed the entire ensemble: for example, a parterre compartment consisting of identical flower carpets symmetrically arranged around…
Complete fertilizers
Special terms
Fertilizers that contain all the essential nutrients for plants, as well as micronutrients.
Compost
Garden terms
An organic fertilizer obtained by the decomposition of organic waste of plant or animal origin.
Compost
Cactus grower terms
Fertilizer obtained as a result of the decomposition of various organic substances under the activity of microorganisms (the basis of compost is manure).
Concolor
Bonsai terms
Uniformly colored
Conglomeratus
Bonsai terms
Congested
Continuous flowering garden
Landscape terms
A specially designated area in a park or botanical garden where plants are arranged — herbaceous perennials, shrubs, and trees — selected according to their flowering times throughout the year.
Contortus
Bonsai terms
Twisted
Convergence
Cactus grower terms
Similarity of traits that arises in the course of evolution in phylogenetically distant plants under the influence of similar environmental conditions.
Cordatus
Bonsai terms
Heart-shaped
Coreopsis
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers, cheerfulness and merriment;
Cornflower
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers "I dare not express my feelings to you"; delicacy, elegance, simplicity, as well as cheerfulness and fidelity. However, among some peoples — hatred.
Cornutus, cornuta
Bonsai terms
Horned
Corolla
Cactus grower terms
Part of the perianth consisting of petals, colored in various hues, which attract pollinators. Serves as an important morphological character in plant systematics.
Corolla
Special terms
The inner part of the double perianth of flowering plants, often brightly colored.
Corolla tube
Special terms
The lower, often elongated part of the corolla, formed by the partially or completely fused bases of the petals.
Cotyledons
Cactus grower terms
Modified first leaves of the embryos of dicotyledonous plants, developing in the seed and usually serving after germination as storage organs for nutrients.
Court of honor
Landscape terms
A ceremonial forecourt of a palace, villa, or castle laid out as a garden; on the street side it is enclosed by an openwork fence, and on the remaining sides by the wings or ranges of a U-shaped building.
Crassifolius
Bonsai terms
Thick-leaved
Crenatus
Bonsai terms
Crenate
Cristate forms
Cactus grower terms
An anomaly (an unusual form) of plant development in which the growing point is stretched into a line and the cactus acquires a crest-like form.
Crocus
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers: merriment, joy, vivacity, affection;
Crocus (purple)
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers "Do you regret that you loved me?";
Crocus (yellow)
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers "Are your feelings sincere?";
Cross-pollination
Cactus grower terms
Fertilization of a flower by pollen from another plant.
Crossing-over
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…
Crown shaping
Special terms
Pruning of trees and shrubs (yew, boxwood, etc.) to shape the crown to the desired configuration.
Cultivar
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…
Cultivar series
African violet terms
Group of commercial cultivars of Saintpaulia that share a common flower type.
Cultivated plants
Cactus grower terms
Plants that have been grown for many generations under conditions of selection and care by humans during their cultivation.
Cultivation characteristic
Cactus grower terms
Distinctive features of plants grown under cultivation, differing from their natural traits.
Curtain
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.
Cuspidatus
Bonsai terms
Cuspidate
Cuticle
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 …
Cutting
Cactus grower terms
A portion of stem separated from the parent plant, capable, after rooting, of restoring the plant's vitality as a whole.
Cutting
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.
Cutting, leaf cutting
African violet terms
A leaf cut from a mature plant intended for subsequent vegetative propagation of Saintpaulia.
Cuttings
Cactus grower terms
Parts of a plant used for rooting.