Botanical Words Alphabetical List - WO

WOOD ASHES: This is a fertilizer containing potash.

WOODY: Plants with branches of hard, woody fibers, that persist, unlike soft-stemmed herbaceous plants. A semi-woody stem contains some softer tissue and may be only partially persistent. A shrub is an example of a woody plant; its leaves may die off in the winter, but its branches do not.

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