For questions about using the correct terminology
Use this tag for questions about using the correct terminology: eg. What is the correct name or phrase that describes a particular type of plant, part of plant, process, etc.
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What does PVP mean?
For a while, when I looked at plants in catalogs, I thought that PVP was part of the name of the plant until I saw the same name without it. What does it mean?
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What gardening terms are common sources of confusion between different cultures or languages?
Until I read questions such as Square meter gardening Soil Mix, I thought of compost being composted organic material; however, there compost is composed of 50% peat moss, which generally doesn't fall under that definition. Suspecting a difference…
anderas
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What's the valid term for a “base” for plants?
In case of some plants you can take their cuttings to multiply them. The cuttings are put in the ground directly, so you can have multiple seedlings based on one plant. You can have dozens of plants which are used for this process.
Boxwood or…
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term for trees that make the soil inhospitable so that nothing can grow there after they are removed
There's a technical term that I cannot remember, which is applied to trees that change the soil composition where they've grown, so that even after they've been removed, nothing will grow there. Would someone please refresh my memory?
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What is the meaning of 'Love Lies Bleeding'?
My mother tongue is not English, and I have problem understanding the common name of some kinds of amaranthus - 'Love Lies Bleeding'. Can some of you explain it to me?
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