Glossary

Submitted by Julie.Paulin@e… on Fri, 02/03/2023 - 08:40

The following is a list of words taken from this course. To help improve your understanding, research their meanings. You could also look up how to say the word – most online dictionaries will demonstrate this.

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Accessory fruit
Adventitious root
Aerial root
Aggregate fruit 
Angiosperm
Anther
Apical meristem
Arable farming
Botanical taxonomy
Branche
Bud
Carpel
Cellular respiration (respiration)
Chlorophyll
Clade
Community garden
Conventional farming
Conventional monoculture systems
Cortex cell
Cotyledon
Dicots (dicotyledonous plant)
Dormant
Embryo
Endosperm
Epidermal cell
Evolutionary taxonomy
Female gamete
Filament
Floral development
Fructose
Fruit (botanical term)
Girdling
Glucose
Growth light
Guttation
Gymnosperm
Hua Parakore
Hydroponics
Indoor growing
Internode
Interplanted
Keyline design
Lateral meristems
Lateral roots
Linnean taxonomy
Male gamete
Margin (leaf margin)
Market garden
Meristem
Mitosis
Monocot (monocotyledonous plant)
Monoculture
Multiple fruit 
Nitrogen fixing
Node
Orchard
Organics (organic farming, ecological farming or biological farming) 
Osmosis
Ovary
Park
Pericarp
Permaculture
Petal 
Petiole 
Phloem
Photosynthesis
Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR)
Pistil
Plant nursery
Plant structure
Pollen tube
Polyculture
Precision agriculture
Private garden
Receptacle
Rhizome
Root
Root pressure
Seed
Sepal
Simple fruit
Sink tissue
Soil health
Spray drift
Stamen
Stigma
Stolon
Stomata
Style
Sucrose 
Taproot
Taxonomy
Transpiration
Transpirational pull
Trunk
Urban farm
Vegetable (common term)
Viable seed
Vineyard
Xylem
Zygote

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