Glossary of terms

(French maquis, Italian macchia) — thickets of evergreen xerophytic sclerophyllous and spiny shrubs (usually 1.5-2.5 m) and low trees (up to 8-10 m) in Mediterranean countries, in the lower mountain belt up to 700 m altitude. Typical repre…

Massif

Ландшафтные термины

A large element of a garden-park landscape consisting of park-forming vegetation (from 1–4 to several dozen hectares); flower compositions covering an area of 80–150 m².

Mother leaf

Термины фиалковеда

The leaf from which this group of plantlets was obtained.

Mother leaf

Специальные термины

The leaf from which this group of offsets was obtained.

Mother plant

Специальные термины

The name of a plant, most often lacking an apical growth point, that produces lateral shoots (plantlets).

Mother (parent) plant ("mother plants")

Термины кактусовода

The term, widely used among collectors, designates mature fruiting plants, or their "stumps", that serve as a source for obtaining cuttings and daughter shoots from which new full-fledged plants are obtained for their subsequent rooting or…

Mesophytes

Термины кактусовода

(From Greek metos - middle, intermediate and phyton - plant) plants that live in conditions of more or less sufficient, but not excessive, moisture (an intermediate position between xerophytes and hygrophytes).

Meiosis

Термины кактусовода

(From Greek meiosis - diminution) - a special type of cell division that results in a reduction (decrease) in the number of chromosomes and the transition of the cell from the diploid state to the haploid state.

Memorial complex

Ландшафтные термины

An area on which monumental architectural structures are placed — mausoleums, pantheons, sculptural groups, obelisks of glory and monuments dedicated to outstanding events in the history of the people. It is usually designed as a park with…

Meristem

Термины кактусовода

Formative plant tissue capable of cell division and producing new cells that ensure additional growth. Distinctions are made between the primary meristem in the region of the shoot apex or root tips, the secondary meristem located in the c…

Meristem

Термины по орихидеям

From Greek meristos — "divisible" — the formative tissue of plants that retains for a long time the ability to divide and give rise to new cells; it is characterized by high metabolic activity. Some meristem cells — initials — remain at an…

Mechanism of negative phototropism

Термины кактусовода

The ability of a plant or its parts to grow in a direction opposite to that of the sun's rays, i.e., to grow into the "dark".

Mycoplasmas

Термины кактусовода

Microorganisms possessing characteristics of both bacteria and viruses. They are causal agents of various diseases of plants and animals, including humans.

Mycorrhiza

Термины по орихидеям

From myco... and Greek rhiza – root, - fungus-root, a symbiosis of a fungus's mycelium and the roots of a higher plant. Mycorrhizae are distinguished as ectotrophic, in which the fungus envelops the root, remaining on its surface, and endo…

Mycotrophic plants

Термины по орихидеям

From myco... and ...troph — plants that have mycorrhizae on their roots and extract nutrients from the soil by means of fungal hyphae symbiotically associated with the roots. Mycotrophic plants – all gymnosperms, the majority of monocots (…

Micro-landscape

Ландшафтные термины

An artificially created composition of green plantings, organically connected with the terrain and water bodies. A composition of landscaped elements can be regarded as a system of sequentially unfolding micro-landscapes.

Micro-mini, micro-miniature

Термины фиалковеда

A type of leaf rosette whose size does not exceed 10 (more often 6) cm in diameter. Flowers are most often 1–1.5 cm in size.

Micropyle

Термины кактусовода

(From Greek mikros - small, pyle - entrance, opening) - a narrow channel in the integuments of the ovule of seed plants, through which the pollen tube penetrates to the nucellus, the pollen entry.