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Ornamental plant

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Ornamental plants are plants that are grown for decorative purposes in gardens and landscape design projects, as houseplants, for cut flowers and specimen display. [1]

32 relations: Agriculture, Bonsai, Cactus, Cyperaceae, Evergreen, Floriculture, Floristry, Flower, Forestry, Fruit, Garden, Hardiness zone, Horticulture, Houseplant, Juncaceae, Landscape design, Lavandula, Lavender oil, Leaf, Monocotyledon, Park, Perennial plant, Plant stem, Poaceae, Restionaceae, Rosa sericea, Thorns, spines, and prickles, Topiary, Tree, Typhaceae, Utilitarianism, Vegetable.

Agriculture

Agriculture is the cultivation of land and breeding of animals and plants to provide food, fiber, medicinal plants and other products to sustain and enhance life.

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Bonsai

(tray planting) is a Japanese art form using cultivation techniques to produce small trees in containers that mimic the shape and scale of full size trees.

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Cactus

A cactus (plural: cacti, cactuses, or cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae,Although the spellings of botanical families have been largely standardized, there is little agreement among botanists as to how these names are to be pronounced.

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Cyperaceae

The Cyperaceae are a family of monocotyledonous graminoid flowering plants known as sedges, which superficially resemble grasses and rushes.

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Evergreen

In botany, an evergreen is a plant that has leaves throughout the year, always green.

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Floriculture

Floriculture, or flower farming, is a discipline of horticulture concerned with the cultivation of flowering and ornamental plants for gardens and for floristry, comprising the floral industry.

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Floristry

Floristry is the production, commerce and trade in flowers.

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Flower

A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms).

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Forestry

Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, using, conserving, and repairing forests, woodlands, and associated resources to meet desired goals, needs, and values for human and environment benefits.

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Fruit

In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) formed from the ovary after flowering.

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Garden

A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature.

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Hardiness zone

A hardiness zone is a geographic area defined to encompass a certain range of climatic conditions relevant to plant growth and survival.

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Horticulture

Horticulture is the science and art of growing plants (fruits, vegetables, flowers, and any other cultivar).

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Houseplant

A houseplant is a plant that is grown indoors in places such as residences and offices.

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Juncaceae

Juncaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the rush family.

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Landscape design

Landscape design is an independent profession and a design and art tradition, practised by landscape designers, combining nature and culture.

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Lavandula

Lavandula (common name lavender) is a genus of 47 known species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae.

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Lavender oil

Lavender oil is an essential oil obtained by distillation from the flower spikes of certain species of lavender.

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Leaf

A leaf is an organ of a vascular plant and is the principal lateral appendage of the stem.

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Monocotyledon

Monocotyledons, commonly referred to as monocots, (Lilianae sensu Chase & Reveal) are flowering plants (angiosperms) whose seeds typically contain only one embryonic leaf, or cotyledon.

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Park

A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats.

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Perennial plant

A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years.

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Plant stem

A stem is one of two main structural axes of a vascular plant, the other being the root.

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Poaceae

Poaceae or Gramineae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants known as grasses, commonly referred to collectively as grass.

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Restionaceae

The Restionaceae, also called restiads and restios, are a family of annual or perennial rush-like flowering plants native to the Southern Hemisphere; they vary from a few centimeters to 3 m in height.

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Rosa sericea

Rosa sericea, the silky rose, is a species of ''Rosa'' native to southwestern China (Guizhou, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan), Bhutan, northern India (Sikkim), Nepal and Myanmar; it grows in mountains at altitudes of 2,000-4,400 m. It is a shrub growing to 2 m tall, often very spiny.

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Thorns, spines, and prickles

In plant morphology, thorns, spines, and prickles, and in general spinose structures (sometimes called spinose teeth or spinose apical processes), are hard, rigid extensions or modifications of leaves, roots, stems or buds with sharp, stiff ends, and generally serve the same function: physically deterring animals from eating the plant material.

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Topiary

Topiary is the horticultural practice of training perennial plants by clipping the foliage and twigs of trees, shrubs and subshrubs to develop and maintain clearly defined shapes, whether geometric or fanciful.

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Tree

In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, supporting branches and leaves in most species.

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Typhaceae

The Typhaceae are a family of flowering plants.

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Utilitarianism

Utilitarianism is an ethical theory that states that the best action is the one that maximizes utility.

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Vegetable

Vegetables are parts of plants that are consumed by humans as food as part of a meal.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornamental_plant

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