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Esoteric Horticulture: Botanical Terminology Unveiled
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  • 1. Arid-adapted plant surviving on minimal water supply
  • 2. Plant that grows on another but not parasitically
  • 3. Rapid growth phase, especially in floricultural stems
  • 6. Chemical warfare among plants inhibiting neighbor growth
  • 7. Botanical stalk connecting leaf blade to stem
  • 13. Ability to attract and retain moisture from air
  • 14. Multinucleate cell typical in some plant tissues
  • 17. Cold tolerance measure defining perennial survival outdoors
  • 18. Lateral meristem producing secondary growth rings
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  • 4. Fruit development without fertilization, nature’s botanical anomaly
  • 5. Enzyme fixing atmospheric element vital for plant nutrition
  • 8. Vascular tissue transporting photosynthates downward
  • 9. Adjective relating to water transporting tissue
  • 10. Rare usage describing cold-induced seed germination
  • 11. Cellular shrinkage under hypertonic stress in plants
  • 12. Pertaining to substances harmful to root growth
  • 15. Study tracking periodic plant lifecycle events influenced by climate
  • 16. Fungal symbiosis forging underground nutrient exchanges
  • 19. Pertaining to pores controlling gaseous plant exchange

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