Weekly topic challenge: terminology [completed]

Question

I made a post asking for topic ideas for the challenge, and the highest scoring suggestion is for terminology.

So, we're going to build our base of terminology questions. These can be closer to

What is the term for [behaviour]?

like Why are strawberries cooled before planting, and what is a term for this procedure?, or more like

What does [term] mean?

an example of that could be What is a perched water table?

Please use the tag terminology when posting questions for this challenge, and remember to keep the site quality at a good level.

Next week, on November 10, I will tally up the results to see how we did, in an answer below this post. Feedback? Comment below this post or find me in our chat room. Have fun!

Answer 1

During the week that the challenge ran, we received 6 questions tagged terminology:

• What is apical dominance?
• What's the difference between annual, biennial, and perennial plants?
• What's the difference between corms, bulbs, and tubers?
• What is the term for this pruning technique that causes stubby, clublike branches?
• How can I identify the “type” of a rose if I don't already know what it is?
• What is the term for removing weeds from bodies of water?

These questions have attracted 9 answers. Here are the participants:

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