Botany Dictionary

  • Flocoose

    Flocoose

    Covered with soft, woolly tufts or down; similar to floccose.

  • Floccose

    Floccose

    Having tufts of soft woolly hairs; often used to describe the texture of plant surfaces.

  • Flocculate

    Flocculate

    To form or cause to form into clumps or masses, especially in soil or liquids.

  • Flocculose

    Flocculose

    Covered with small woolly tufts; finely floccose.

  • Floccus

    Floccus

    A small, loosely aggregated tuft of hairs or fibers.

  • Flood irrigation

    Flood irrigation

    An irrigation method where water is applied and distributed over the soil surface by gravity flow.

  • Fid

    Fid

    Divided or cleft; used in botanical terms to describe leaves with lobes or segments.

  • Field capacity

    Field capacity

    The amount of soil moisture retained after excess water has drained and the rate of downward movement has decreased.

  • Field moisture

    Field moisture

    The current moisture content of soil in the field, important for determining irrigation needs.

  • Filament

    Filament

    The stalk that supports the anther in the stamen of a flower.