Category: C

A disease of cabbages and related vegetables and ornamental plants in the brassica family, such as stocks, caused by the slime mold fungus Plasmodiophora brassica  

A miniature, portable greenhouse placed over crops in the open ground to protect them from cold or encourage early development. Traditionally made from two or four pieces of glass in a wire frame, but can be simply a wire frame clad in transparent polythene.  

Literally, occurring right around the Arctic (or Antarctic) Zone. Applied mainly to northern hemisphere plant species that occur in the far north of both Eurasia and North America, often extending south to high mountain ranges such as the Rocky Mountains and the Alps.  

A kind of soft, porous limestone that on weathering produces very fine, powdery, alkaline soil in which many garden plants are difficult to grow. Chalk soils are common in parts of the UK.  

A head of flowers, that is a type of inflorescence in which the flowers are crowded onto the apex of a stem with their individual stalks reduced to zero length; or used in cacti for a specialized area of the stem, usually with a dense mass of wool, hairs or bristles, from which the flowers…

Referring to diplegia.  

A drug which reduces the reproduction of cells, used to treat cancer. Drug commonly used in chemotherapeutic treatment of cancer to inhibit the proliferation of cells. A drug that damages or destroys cells and is used to treat various types of cancer, with or without the use of radiotherapy. Examples are cyclophosphamide, cytarabine, and mustine;…

A deficiency of cellular elements in blood or tissue. Decrease in the number of the cells in blood or other tissue.  

An instrument attached to a microscope, used for measuring and counting the number of cells in a specimen. An instrument for determining the number of cells in a given quantity of fluid, such as blood, cerebrospinal fluid, or urine. An instrument for counting and measuring cells.  

A sample of tissue taken for examination under a microscope.