vocab 11 garden

supplant

1. to supersede and replace

implant

1. to insert or fix in a person’s body (with surgery)

2. something in someone else’s body

florescence

1. the process of flowering

florid

1. having a red/flushed complexion

2. elaborately/excessively intricate and complicated

defoliate

1. to remove leaves from

foliation

1. the process of splitting into thin sheets

herbicide

1. a substance toxic to plants

herbivorous

1. of a diet feeding on plants (only)

eradicate

1. to destroy / put an end to

radical

1. far reaching, affecting the fundamental nature of

2. based on complete political or social change

pummel

1. to strike repeatedly with fists

2. to criticize heavily

pomade

1. a scented hair ointment/oil

nucleus

1. the central and most important part of something

2. the positively charged center of an atom

nuclear

1. relating the the center of an atom or cell

fruition

1. the point at which a plan or project is realized

2. the action of producing a fruit

fructify

1. to make something productive

disseminate

1. to spread (information) widely

seminal

1. strongly influencing later development

2. relating to semen/sperm

colonize

1. a plant or animal establishing itself in an area

2. to send a group of settlers and establish political control over land

cultivate

1. to prepare and use land for crops or gardening

2. to try to acquire or develop