phytonomy: the laws that govern the coming into existence and growth of plants.


  * **Abscission**, (from Latin //abscindere//, from ab- ‘off, away’ + //scindere// ‘to cut’) is the shedding of a body part.
  * **Monocarpic plants** are those that flower, set seeds and then die. Other terms with the same meaning are //hapaxanth// and //semelparous//.
  * **Polycarpic plants** are those that flower, set seeds and grow fruit many times. Other term with the same meaning is //iteroparous//.