glossary

glossary

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terms	explanations
angiosperms	Plants have an ovary covering a seed bud.
annual plant	It is a plant dying within one year.
Beto disease	It is a disease generated by mold parasitism.
calyx	The outside part of the flower.
carpel	An organ at the center of a flower.
cutting	Cutting a branch, putting in soil and making it germinate.
dicotyledones	It is a name for a group of flowering plants whose seed typically contains two embryonic leaves.
division	When one cuts the root of the plant into pieces with a knife, to divide them and plant them.
dry herb tea	We dry herb tea and make it.
dry save	The thing which dry herbs and save them.
freeze	The thing which refrigerates herbs and saves them.
fresh herb tea	Herb tea to make with fresh herbs.
fruit	The thing which an ovary grows into. There are seeds inside.
gamopetalous flowers	Plants with the petals united by their margins, at least at the base.
germination	The process where a seed begins to sprout.
gymnospermae	Plants don't have any ovary, and seed bud shows.
herb	Medicinal herbs fix physical conditions and cure symptoms.
herb bathing	Floating herbs in the bath for aromatherapy.
herb butter	Mixing herbs with butter.
herb cookie	They are the cookies which herbs are in.
herb garden	A garden which brings up herbs.
herb oil	Herbs being soaked in oil.
herb soil	The soil which was blended to bring up herbs.
herb spice	Herb to give flavor to cooking.
herb tea	The way to make tea with herbs.
herb vinegar	Herb being soaked in vinegar.
Humus	It is soil with water retentivity in organic matter.
lavender stick	It is lavendery in the shape of a stick. We enjoy its smell.
line seeding	Planting seeds in a straight line.
manure	It is a material to make the growth of the plant better.
ovary	The organ that bears the ovules of a flower.
Peat moss	It is the soil with watery moss.
perennial plant	Plants last through several years.
photosynthesis	A process possible in the presence of light where CO2 and water are converted into oxygen and organic materials.
pistil	There is a capital and is pollinated when the pollen of the stamen arrives.
planting	Burying it in the ground to bring up a plant.
point seeding	Sowing several seeds in one place.
pollination	Pollen sticks to a carpel of the tip of the pistil.
potpourri	It is dry herbs. We use them as spice and insect repellent.
Red Ball Clay	Mixed with soil to add drainage.
scattering	Sowing seeds in different places.
schizopetalous flowers	Plants in which petals aren't united in dicotyledones.
seed	The thing which pollinated seed bud grows into.
seed bud	The part which becomes the seed when it grows into a seed plant.
seed plants	It is a plant growing with a seed. It is divided into 2; angiosperm and the gymnospermae.
seedling	A young tree that is generally less than 3 feet high.
single cotyledons	The plants have one cotyledon in an angiosperm.
stalk	It is in the stamen which has pollen.
stamen	One of the male organs of a flower.
stoma	Pore in the epidermis of leaves and some stems, which permits gas exchange.
transpiration	Loss of water vapour from plants into the atmosphere.
vermiculite	The soil is artificial soil made with a vermiculite.

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