Botany Dictionary

  • Pricking off

    Pricking off

    The act of transplanting seedlings to give them more space to grow.

  • Pricking out

    Pricking out

    Separating and transplanting seedlings into larger containers or beds.

  • Prickle

    Prickle

    A pointed outgrowth from the surface of a stem or leaf, like those on rose stems.

  • Primary vein

    Primary vein

    The main vein running through a leaf from which secondary veins branch.

  • Pro parte

    Pro parte

    Latin for ‘in part’; used when only part of a taxon’s original description is referred to.

  • Process

    Process

    A projection or outgrowth from a plant organ or structure.

  • Procumbent

    Procumbent

    Lying flat on the ground but not rooting at the nodes.

  • Productivity

    Productivity

    The rate of production of biomass or yield in a plant or ecosystem.

  • Pomology

    Pomology

    The branch of botany that deals with fruits and fruit growing.

  • Population

    Population

    A group of individuals of the same species living in a specific area at a given time.