Young Gardeners

Glossary

Word	Meaning
Associated	Connecting two things in your mind.
Bevelled	Having a sloped edge.
Condition	The particular state of something or someone.
Confidence	Having trust in your ability to plan, grow or ideas for the future.
Cordial	Concentrated drink.
Crevices	A small hole in a rock or tree.
Debris	What's left when something is destroyed or crushed.
Deciduous	A tree that looses its leaves in the autumn and grows new ones in the spring.
Determine	Controlling or influencing something directly
Elegant	Graceful and attractive behaviour.
Enormous	Very large.
Essential	Something needed for survival
famine	To not have enough food.
Germinate	A seed that begins to grow.
Gorge	To eat until you are unable to eat any more.
Habitats	The natural home of an animal or a plant.
Harems	The female partners who all live together
Herald	A sing to say something is very important and this should be publicly known.
Hibernate / Hibernating	To sleep all winter.
Intolerant	Disapproving of something or refusing to accept ideas of ways of behaving that are different from yours.
Lunacy	Stupid behaviour that will have a bad result.
Mammal / Mammals	Warm blooded animals with backbones.
Meadow	A field of wild grasses and flowers.
Memorise	The ability to remember information in your mind.
Migration	Travelling to a different place particularly when the season changes.
Nectar	Sugary substance made by flowers.
Nocturnal	Come out at night.
Organic	Coming from a living plant or animal
Permanent	Lasting for a long time or forever.
Phenomenon	Something that is seen, felt, tasted which is unusual or interesting.
Potato blight	A disease that can happen when it rains a lot and they get too wet.
Possess	To have or own something
Preserves	To keep something in order to prevent, damage, decay of destruction.
Resemble	To look like or be like someone or something else.
Restricted	Limit actions or movements
Rutting	The period of the year when male deer are most active with their partners.
Scientists	An expert who studies or works in sciences. Biology, physics, natural environment etc.
Snifter	A bowl shaped glass with a narrow top and has a short stem.
Sow	To plant a seed.
Substitute	To use something instead of another thing.
Transparent	Can be seen through.