Glossary Of Gardening Terms

This glossary is based on the public domain 1915 work The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture.

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• aberrant: "Unusual, or exceptional; a plant or structure that varies from customary structure or from the type; used mostly of variation."

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• Nitrogen fixer - plants that host symbiotic microorganisms in nodules among their roots that "fix" nitrogen gas from the air by combining it with carbon to make amino acids and related molecules.

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• Pistil. "The ovule-bearing and seed-bearing organ."

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See also[edit]

• Permaculture
• List of gardening topics
• Glossary of gardening terms

Bibliography - Further Reading[edit]

• Bailey, Liberty Hyde, The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. New York: Macmillan, 1915. Copyright expired, now Public domain. 676 pages.

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