GardenWeb Glossary of Botanical Terms
Search results for: herb
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- herb
- 1. A plant with no persistent woody stem above ground. 2. A plant grown for culinary or medicinal uses.
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- herb garden
- A garden consisting of culinary and/or medicinal herbs and often having an ornamental design.
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- herbaceous
- 1. Having little or no woody tissue; leaf-like in color and texture. 2. Refers to a plant which dies back to the roots each year during winter, as opposed to a plant which remains green all winter.
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- herbal
- 1. A book about herbs, usually illustrated. 2. Of, or relating to, herbs.
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- herbalism
- The cultivation, collection, study and use of herbs, particularly for medicinal purposes.
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- herbalist
- One who practices herbalism.
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- herbarium glue (alt. herbarium paste)
- An adhesive which minimizes cracking, discoloration, and shattering with age, used in fastening plant specimens to the herbarium sheet.
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- herbarium sheet
- Lightweight white card stock used as backing for herbarium specimens, in a standard size of 11 X 16 inches (28 X 40 cm.).
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- herbarium specimens (alt. herbarium samples, alt. herbarium mounts)
- Pressed dried plants fastened to sheets of paper which serve as permanent records of a species as it appeared at a given time and place.
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- herbarium
- 1. An organized and cataloged collection of plant specimens. 2. A specialized room or building with constant levels of temperature, moisture and restricted light where plant samples are stored in a designated pattern in large light proof cabinets, allowing samples to remain useful and to be retrieved for study and comparison for centuries.
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- herbicide
- A substance that is fatal to plants, or to selected plants.
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- medicinal herb
- Any herb which is used as a curative or preventative.
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