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Eastern Skunk Cabbage flower melting up through ice
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Botanical Nerd Word: Thermogenesis

Thermogenesis: The generation or production of heat, esp. in the animal body.* Although body heat is usually associated only with animals, some plants are actually able to produce body heat …

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Maple sap tap with bucket
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Botanical Nerd Word: Xylem

Xylem: A plant tissue consisting of various types of cells, which transports water and dissolved substances towards the leaves. It can be distinguished from the phloem by the presence of …

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fruit arrangement of bananas, apples, and pears
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Botanical Nerd Word: Ethylene

Ethylene: A gas (C2H4) that is produced naturally by plants, and which functions as a hormone in the control of such processes as germination, cell growth, fruit ripening, senescence, and …

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Adventitious roots growing on a jade plant's stem
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Botanical Nerd Word: Adventitious

Adventitious: Structures or organs developing in an unusual position, as roots originating on the stem.* This Crassula ovata (jade plant) is producing adventitious roots along its stem. This may be an …

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Child blowing dandelion seeds
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Botanical Nerd Word: Anthropochory

Anthropochory: (from Greek: anthropos = human being + chorein = to disperse, to wander): dispersal of fruits and seeds by man.* Taraxacum officinale (common dandelion) was introduced to North America by humans. …

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Bean showing radicle sprouting
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Botanical Nerd Word: Radicle

Radicle: The part of the plant embryo which will develop into the primary root.* This adzuki bean (Vigna angularis) is just starting to sprout. The radicle is the first part …

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Orchid flower stem showing a keiki formed at one of the nodes
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Botanical Nerd Word: Keiki

Keiki: A Hawaiian word referring to a baby plant produced asexually by an orchid plant.* Keikis sometimes form at the nodes on the flowering stems of some orchids. They are an …

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Series of images showing the removal of an orchid's pollinia
Word of the Week

Botanical Nerd Word: Pollinia

Pollinia (sing. pollinium): Hardened, cohesive masses of pollen grains, characteristic of orchids.* When a pollinator visits an orchid, it receives a discrete package of pollen rather than a dusting. The …

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Botanical Nerd Word: Fedge

Fedge: A fence made up of living plants, especially willow, thus somewhat resembling a hedge.* The word ‘fedge’ is a combination of ‘fence’ and ‘hedge.’ Willow cuttings root easily and …

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bare tree branches against sky
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Botanical Nerd Word: Ramification

Ramification: Division or distribution into branches; a manner or pattern of branching; the action or process, or an act, of branching; the state of being branched.* The word ramification was originally used …

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