Raceme An indeterminate, unbranched inflorescence with usually many stalked flowers borne on an elongated axis (stem).

Radicle A young root.

Rain shadow An area of ground next to a wall or fence that is sheltered from prevailing winds and therefore receives less rain than open ground.

Rambler A trailing climber.

Ray flower (or floret) Small flower with a tubular corolla, as borne in the outermost ring of a Compositae flowerhead.

Recurved Applied to petals of flowers and florets that curve backwards.

Reflexed Applied to petals of flowers and florets that bend sharply backwards at an angle of more than 90°. They are sometimes called fully reflexed. Also loosely applied to any flower in which the petals or perianth segments are recurved.

Remontant Of a plant that flowers more than once during the growing season (often applied to roses and strawberries).

Renewal pruning A system in which the laterals are constantly cut back to be replaced by young laterals stimulated by pruning.

Respiration The release of energy from complex organic molecules as a result of chemical changes.

Revert To return to an original state, for example when a variegated plant produces a plain green leaf.

Rhizome A specialised, usually horizontally creeping, swollen or slender, underground stem that acts as a storage organ and produces aerial shoots at its apex and along its length.

Rind The outer bark of a shrub or tree outside the cambium layer.

Root The part of a plant, normally underground, that anchors it and through which water and nutrients are absorbed (see also Aerial root).

Root ball The roots and accompanying soil or compost visible when a plant is removed from a container or lifted from the open ground.

Root crops Vegetables such as carrots and potatoes grown for their edible roots.

Root run The area of soil into which a plant’s roots may extend.

Rooting The production of roots, usually from cuttings.

Rooting hormone A chemical compound synthesised in powder or liquid form and used at low concentrations to encourage root production.

Rootstock A plant used to provide the root system for a grafted plant.

Rose (of a watering can) A perforated nozzle that diffuses and regulates the flow of water.

Rosette 1) A cluster of leaves radiating from approximately the same point, often borne at ground level at the base of a very short stem. 2) A more or less circular arrangement of petals.

Rounded Regularly curved, as in a circle.

Runner A horizontally spreading, usually slender, stem that runs above ground and roots at the nodes to form new plants. Often confused with stolon.

 

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Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.

 

 

 

 

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Interesting, how connections to make order out of chaos can be made in your mind!!