Horticultural Plant Classification

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Angiosperm

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A type of plant that has flowers and produces seeds enclosed within a carpel.

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Annual

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A plant that completes its life cycle in one growing season.

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Biennial

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A plant that takes two years to complete its biological lifecycle.

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Conifer

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A type of tree that produces cones and evergreen needles or scale-like leaves.

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Cotyledon

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The first leaf or one of the first pair of leaves produced by the embryo of a seed plant.

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Cultivar

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A plant variety that has been produced in cultivation by selective breeding.

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Deciduous

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A type of plant that sheds its leaves annually.

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Dicotyledon

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A plant that has two seed leaves or cotyledons.

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Evergreen

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A plant that retains green leaves throughout the year.

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Genus

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A rank in the biological classification system, above species and below family.