Imbricate
Overlapping, as in the scales of fish or roof tiles. Many tree buds have imbricate scales to protect them.
Indehiscent/indehiscence
The term for fruits that do not open or split to release seeds. Also see Dehiscence.
Inflorescence
The flowering part of a plant, or mode of flowering. Inflorescences may be of many kinds: spike, panicle, umbel, capitulum, corymb, cyme and spadix.
Inorganic
Refers to non-animal, non-vegetable substances that do not contain carbon. Often applied to chemical products used to improve the soil.
Insecticide
Any chemical preparation used to repel or destroy insects. May take the form of liquid, powder or smoke.
Intercropping
The practice of growing two crops on the same piece of ground, simultaneously. Where a fast-growing crop is grown between slower-maturing plants, or in succession.
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