Category: H
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Husk
Outer covering of fruits or seeds [vague term]. The dry outer covering of various fruits and seeds. The arid external layer or shell encompassing certain fruits, corn, etc.; in addition, the act of extracting said layer.
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Humus
Organic matter resulting from the decomposition of plants and/or animals and/or their products. A mixture of decayed vegetation on the forest floor. Layer of organic matter resulting from decomposition of organisms and their parts. The final product of rotting organic matter, whether of plant or animal origin. In botany, a complex of incomplete decomposed organic…
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Humifuse
Spread out over the ground.
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Host
The plant on which a parasite grows, and from which the parasite derives its food. Any animal that receives a transplanted graft. By definition a stranger is strange, and since this strangeness may evoke fear or delight, a stranger may be seen as either an enemy or a friend. Accordingly, the Indo-European word that meant…
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Hort.
When placed after a taxon name indicates the use of that name in horticulture.
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Horseshoe-shaped
Shaped like the shoe of a horse, i.e. like the letter “U” with the ends curved inwards.
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Hornotine, hornotinal, hornotinous
Of this year’s growth [unusual term].
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Horned
With a horn, a tapering 3-dimensional structure resembling an elongated cone but often curved.
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Hook
A slender process with a curved or bent part at the tip. A surgical instrument with a bent end used for holding structures apart in operations. A surgical instrument with a bent or curved tip, used to hold, lift, or retract tissue at operation.
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Hooded
Forming a hood. Arching over and partially concealing or shielding.