Gardening Glossary
Definitions for gardening terms that start withO
- open-pollinated
A plant that is pollinated by natural means, such as bees and other insects, animals or the wind.
- organic
Materials that come from natural sources and are not man made. It can also mean materials that are made of things that are living or were once living.
- organic gardening
A method of gardening where all materials used in the garden come from natural sources and were not chemically produced by man.
- organic material
Materials that are made up of things that were once alive.
- ovary
A part of a flower. Part of the female flower where the ovules (immature seeds) are kept. The ovary commonly develops into the fruit of the plant once the ovules are fertilized.
- overseeding
Spreading seed over the top of an already established lawn. Typically, this is done to improve a sparse lawn without the work of redoing the entire lawn.
- ovules
A part of a flower. Part of the female part of the flower and is an unpollinated, immature seed. Once pollinated, the ovule will develop into seeds.
