Botany Dictionary

  • Budding

    Budding

    A grafting technique where a single bud is inserted under the bark of rootstock.

  • Buffer strips

    Buffer strips

    Vegetated areas designed to protect water bodies from runoff and erosion.

  • Buffer

    Buffer

    A solution or substance that resists pH changes, used in plant nutrition and soil chemistry.

  • Bulb

    Bulb

    A storage organ consisting of fleshy leaf bases or scales surrounding a bud, found underground.

  • Bulb planter

    Bulb planter

    A tool for making uniform holes in soil for planting bulbs.

  • Bulbel

    Bulbel

    A small bulb arising from the base of a parent bulb.

  • Bulbiferous

    Bulbiferous

    Producing bulbs or bulbils.

  • Bulbil

    Bulbil

    A small aerial bulb produced in leaf axils or flower clusters that can form new plants.

  • Bulblet

    Bulblet

    A small bulb, either produced underground or aerially.

  • Bulbous

    Bulbous

    Having or resembling a bulb; swollen at the base.