Definitions

As you read the stories & information on Brontee Bee’s site you might come across some words you haven’t seen before. So we created a Definitions list for you to discover what they mean. If you find some others we haven’t listed, please let us know and we can add them for others to discover.

a plant with a lifecycle of a year

a tree or shrub whose branches are trained to grow flat against a wall, supported on a trellis

a chemical preparation that destroys fungus

begin to grow and put out shoots after a period of dormancy

plants, animals or micro organisms in which the genetic material (DNA) has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally

the natural home or environment of an animal, plant or other organism

a chemical preparation that is toxic to plants used to destroy vegetation

a plant having healing qualities

a sugary fluid secreted in flowers to encourage pollination by insects & other animals. Collected by bees to make honey.

a plant with a lifecycle of a year

A chemical preparation for destroying insects

a powdery substance, usually yellow, made up of microscopic grains fromn the male part of a flower

has had pollen from a male part of a plant transferred to a female part to enable fertilisation and the production of seeds

animals and insects that move pollen from the male part of a flower to the female part to enable fertilisation & the production of seeds