Botany Dictionary

  • Flower stalk

    Flower stalk

    The stem or peduncle that supports a flower or an inflorescence.

  • Flower support

    Flower support

    A structure or stake used to keep flowering plants upright and supported.

  • Floweret

    Floweret

    A small flower, typically part of a larger composite inflorescence.

  • Fluorescent tube

    Fluorescent tube

    A light source that emits light via fluorescence, often used in indoor plant cultivation.

  • Fluorescent-light gardening

    Fluorescent-light gardening

    The practice of growing plants indoors using fluorescent light as the primary light source.

  • Flush

    Flush

    A sudden and vigorous growth of leaves, shoots, or flowers.

  • Foetid

    Foetid

    Having an extremely unpleasant or offensive odor.

  • Foliaceous

    Foliaceous

    Leaf-like in appearance or function.

  • Foliaceus

    Foliaceus

    An alternative spelling of ‘foliaceous’; resembling a leaf.

  • Foliage plant

    Foliage plant

    A plant cultivated mainly for its attractive leaves rather than its flowers or fruit.