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Horticulture Unit 9
Separation and Division
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Propagate | to increase in number; to reproduce |
| Separation | method of propagation that occurs naturally in which reproductive organs of a plant detach from the parent plant to become new plants |
| Division | a method of propagation requiring the cutting and dividing of plants |
| Bulb | a vegetative structure that consists of layers or fleshy scales overlapping each other |
| Corm | a swollen underground stem that grows upright; is a food storage organ and a means or reproduction |
| Rhizome | an underground stem that produces roots on the lower surface and extends leaves and flowering shoots above the ground |