Botany 101
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Evergreen plants have foliage that remains functional through more than one growing season, whereas deciduous plants shed all or nearly all their foliage each year.
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1. The scientific study of plant life. 2. A botanical treatise or study.
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Ethnobotany
Ethnobotany, a term first coined by American botanist John Hashberger in 1875, is the study of the use of plants by humans. Plant uses are diverse, ranging from clothing, medicines, dyes, ropes and nets, inks, glues, foods and cosmetics.
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Botany offers many pleasures. Among them are the quiet satisfaction of watching living things grow from seed and the visual splendor of a field of wildflowers.
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Botany.com is basically an encyclopedia of plants. Search by common or botanical name, and information is offered, such as description, potting, propagation and varieties.
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Definition: Humus is the end result of the composting process. After organic matter breaks down, it becomes a crumbly, dark brown or black substance known as humus.
Ethnobotany: The study of how plants have been historically used as foods and medicines in various cultures. Some of it's just an amusement, but some research has led to important pharmaceuticals.
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Virtually all plants are powerful air cleaners. Carbon dioxide enters the leaves, through complex chemical reactions the process of photosynthesis takes place, and oxygen is released into the air.
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In the world of botany, the technical definition of an annual flower is one that completes its life cycle within one year. This life cycle includes germination, growth, flowering, setting seed, and death.
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Starts with basic botany for gardeners, which helps if you're not familiar with Latin nomenclature.
Useful sections on leaf and flower shapes, which go a long way in helping to identify mystery plants.
In botany a cultivar is indicated by using the abbreviation cv. and/or single-quoting the cultivar name. A cultivar may be ascribed to a particular species, or, if of hybrid or unknown origin, just to a genus.
If you never knew anything about botany, the first chapter of Making More Plants gives a fascinating overview of the science of plants, complete with striking photographs.
After the expansion of travel and botany beginning in her reign, new species broadened flower colors found in European clematis varieties. The "cool" clematis colors of purple, blue, pink and white were joined by "hotter" shades of red and yellow.
Clusius was the head gardener at the University of Lieden in Holland, where his work in botany, herbs and medicine was well-known. He was the first to plant tulips in what has today become a land renowned for its fields of tulips and daffodils.
Lasting an indefinitely long time; enduring: perennial happiness.
Appearing again and again; recurrent.
Botany. Living three or more years. n.
Botany. A perennial plant.
Something that recurs or seems to recur on a yearly or continual basis.
Theophrastus, known as "the father of botany," noticed that chickpeas "exhaust" the soil and appeared to kill weeds. In the year 1, the Roman scholar Pliny wrote of how the walnut tree caused "injury to anything planted in its vicinity." ...
Inside the Botanic Garden, your first encounter will likely involve a walk through an exhibit dealing with some aspect of horticulture or botany. Current exhibits include Orchids in an Art Deco Garden, The Birth of Coffee, and How Plants Work.
According to the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Botany, a fruit is defined as "strictly, the ripened ovary of a plant and its contents.
Until last year, her only experience with gardening was studying botany in the fifth grade. She has written for many national publications and is currently working on a master's degree in environmental studies.
"Plant Architecture and its Manipulation"; Colin G. N. Turnbull; 2005
"Biology of Plants"; Peter H Raven; 2006
"Introductory Botany: Plants, People and the Environment"; Linda Berg; 2007
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Well thats it folks, though there are many other terms and words which are used but most of them are of a more complex form and found in botany.
For my botany class at school we are growing Geraniums. I have two redeye orbits that are both putting out their first new leaves and doing well.
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