Glossary of terms

A horticultural technique in which a slow-growing cactus is "grown on" a fast-growing rootstock, then is rooted and continues to live on its own roots.

Turf

Термины кактусовода

The surface layer of soil interwoven with living and dead roots, shoots, and rhizomes of perennial grasses.

Turf bench

Ландшафтные термины

A turf construction forming a projection along a fence. A widespread feature of medieval gardens.

Tussock

Термины кактусовода

Group growth form, a collection of plant stems growing closely together and forming dense multi-headed groups.

Tuber

Специальные термины

A thickened fleshy underground shoot, usually with shortened internodes, or a thickened root. The latter is more often called a root tuber.

Tuberous bulb

Специальные термины

A thickened, modified underground shoot.

Tiger lily

Язык цветов - значения

In the language of flowers: pride, abundance, prosperity, well-being;

An individual which, together with others related to it by varying degrees of similarity in properties and characters, makes it possible to distinguish it and its like into a particular taxonomic category; the set of characters and propert…

Taxonomist

Термины кактусовода

A specialist systematist engaged in taxonomic matters.

Taxonomic unit

Термины кактусовода

Any classificatory unit in systematics (form, genus, species, etc.).

Taxonomy

Термины кактусовода

The theory of classification and systematization of plants, often regarded as synonymous with systematics, although systematics is a broader concept, and taxonomy, as a branch of systematics, deals with the methods and rules of plant class…

Tektotype

Термины кактусовода

Fragment of the type taken for microscopic studies.

Temperature regime

Термины кактусовода

Maintaining temperature within the parameters optimal for plant development.

Terminal cephalium

Термины кактусовода

Cephalium (see below), located at the apex of the plant.

Terrace

Ландшафтные термины

A horizontal or slightly inclined platform forming a ledge on a slope of natural or artificial origin.

Testa

Термины кактусовода

The outer covering of a seed, its seed coat, has recently become an important subject in resolving questions of plant classification through the process of "dactyloscopic" analysis of the surface pattern.

Timothy grass

Язык цветов - значения

In the language of flowers: peace, flourishing, prosperity;

Tissues

Термины кактусовода

A collection of cells. They are divided into three systems: the protective (epidermis), the conducting (vascular), and the fundamental (ground) — all of these are permanent tissues formed by meristematic tissues (meristems).

Tolerant species

Термины кактусовода

Species fully adapted to the biotype and biotope.

Topiary art

Ландшафтные термины

An ancient art of shaped pruning of trees and shrubs, giving them geometric and fantastical forms (for example, animals, architectural structures, etc.). Plants used include, for example, bay laurel, biota, privet and other plants with fin…

Topotype

Термины кактусовода

A specimen collected in the same locality as the type.

Transpiration

Термины кактусовода

The process of plant respiration, the plant-regulated rate of water loss during life processes. The main organs of transpiration in cacti are the epidermal stomata.

Trellis

Ландшафтные термины

A lightweight wooden lattice or an openwork structure made from other materials, used as a framework for climbing plants.

Tubular flowers

Специальные термины

Flowers of plants that have a regular five-lobed corolla. They are most often located in the central part of the inflorescence and are often surrounded by ray flowers.

Tubular flower (tube-shaped)

Термины кактусовода

A flower with united corolla petals and calyx lobes (sepals) when the perianth is double. Often the petals have a short reflex at the tips.

Tubercles

Термины кактусовода

Outgrowths, bumps. In lichens, these are specialized outgrowths that have become organs of vegetative reproduction.

Tuberose

Язык цветов - значения

In the language of flowers, dangerous pleasures;

Turgor

Термины кактусовода

The turgid state of cells, tissues, and organs of a plant that gives them strength and elasticity due to the uptake of a sufficient amount of water; a characteristic of a cactus reflecting the degree of saturation of the stem with moisture.

Turgor

Термины по орихидеям

Natural tension of plant cells. A plant can live only when its water balance is maintained, i.e., when the amount of water entering the plant is not less than that being used. When water is used faster (during intense evaporation), the cel…