Plant-life Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

Citations in the Category Plant-life

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ice cream plant n. There are certain ice cream plants, as we like to call them, that camels focus on and they probably have the ability to possibly eliminate some of the species from particular areas. [English Australia Plant-life] [full cite] (Mar. 28, 2007)

jillpoke n. Case in point: Jillpoke. The word belongs to the vernacular of woodsmen in the western United States, where it is applied to any outsized sucker that has grown up into the branches of the tree. A jillpoke is an encumbrance that should be removed for the health of the tree. [English Plant-life Colloquial] [full cite] (Jul. 17, 2007)

lacing n. Dense trees are most likely to lose limbs, or even topple, so September is a good time to open them up with careful, selective pruning of entire branches—what some arborists call “lacing.” [English Plant-life Jargon] [full cite] (Aug. 31, 2007)

ladybug taint n. There’s even a name for it—“ladybug taint.” The smell, which connotes green bell peppers or roasted peanuts, is produced by ladybugs as a defense mechanism. The chemicals they release, in a class of compounds called methoxypyrazines, are found in other animals and plants, [English Agriculture Animals, Insects, & Birds Food & Drink Plant-life] [full cite] (Apr. 4, 2007)

lake lettuce n. Some might refer to them as moss, pond scum or lake lettuce, which encompasses a wide array of aquatic growth. [English Plant-life] [full cite] (May. 7, 2008)

liner n. Ten years ago, Roger Ruske told growers, Cumberland Nurseries decided to become a supplier of “liners.” Liners is a term for immature plants or trees that are kept for a year. The nursery that grows them then sells them to another, where they are grown to maturity. [English Plant-life Jargon] [full cite] (Sep. 16, 2008)

park v. Trim branches six feet from the ground. This practice, known as “parking” a tree, prevents ground fires from igniting leaves or needles on higher tree limbs. [English Firefighting Plant-life Jargon] [full cite] (May. 16, 2008)

peeler log n. The reason for this is quite simple. It’s my understanding that plywood is made by shaving thin strips or “plys” of veneer from large logs (ie old-growth). These logs are called “peeler logs.” Well, most of the “peeler logs” have already been cut down over the past 40 years. [English Plant-life Jargon] [full cite] (May. 29, 2007)

permablitz n. Palmer is one of the inventors of the permablitz, an event in which people donate time and plants to help create an environmentally friendly space growing fruit, herbs and vegetables. The phenomenon began in April last year but is gathering momentum now. Almost every weekend a permablitz changes a suburban garden somewhere in Melbourne. [English Australia Environment Plant-life New or Nonce] [full cite] (Jul. 18, 2007)

permie n. Permaculturists—they call themselves “permies”—had converged on Merritt from as far away as Texas and Missouri.…Permaculture is clearly more than a style of gardening for these folks; it’s a way of life. There are rival schools and exponents, but it’s all about creating sustainable, food-providing human landscapes that mimic natural ecosystems. It borrows from systems like biodynamic, square-foot and French-intensive gardening.…Cob, a mix of adobe and straw, is a favorite permie building material. [English Agriculture Pastimes & Hobbies Plant-life Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 19, 2007)

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