The culture of plants for food, comfort, and beautification purposes.
What is Horticulture?
100
The growth and use of plants for their beauty is the area of horticulture
What is Ornamental Horticulture?
100
When a plant seed germinates, the first root to emerge from the seed.
What is the Primary Root?
100
Where the leaf is attached to the stem
What is a Node?
100
A very short flattened stem that has several fleshy leaves attached to it and tend to be found beneath the soil. An onion is an example.
What is a Bulb?
200
A place that specializes in starting baby plants and growing them until they are ready to be transplanted to landscapes.
What is a Nursery?
200
The planting, harvesting, storing, processing, and marketing of fruit and nut crops.
What is Pomology?
200
Hair-like projections that greatly increase the surface area of the root and allow much more water and minerals to enter the plant.
What are Root Hairs?
200
When the leaf falls off of the stem, the marking it leaves just below the lateral bud.
What is a Leaf Scar?
200
A spherical structure, much like a bulb. The entire structure, however, is stem as opposed to stem and leaves. Garlic is an example.
What is a Corm?
300
The field of science that deals with the cultivation of horticultural plants is known as
What is Horticulture Science?
300
The planting, harvesting, storing, processing, and marketing of vegetable crops.
What is Olericulture?
300
A root system that is composed of one main primary root and many secondary roots branching off of the primary root
What is a Taproot System?
300
The growing point at the tip of the stem that allows the plant to grow upwards
What is the Terminal Bud?
300
A horizontal stem that lies above the ground that are sometimes called runners and tend to be involved with the spreading of the plant. Strawberries spread by this stem.
What is a Stolon?
400
The study of plants and their processes.
What is Botany?
400
The production and use of plants to beautify the outdoor environment; a type of ornamental horticulture
What is Landscaping?
400
A system that has no dominant primary root but is made of many primary and secondary roots of similar size
What is a Fibrous Root System?
400
The tissue that conducts the water and minerals throughout the plant.
What is Xylem?
400
A rhizome with a tip that is swollen with stored food. Irish potatoes are an example
What is a Tuber?
500
The combination of scientific, technological, and production activities that ensure the satisfaction of the consumer.
What is Horticulture Industry?
500
Producing, transporting, and using flowering and foliage plants; a type of ornamental horticulture
What is Floriculture?
500
A specialized type of taproot that includes radishes, beets, and carrots.
What is a Napiform Root?
500
The lighter wood circling the heartwood that contains the xylem and phloem
What is Sapwood?
500
A thick underground stem that lies horizontally. Hostas are an example.