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Falcate
Sickle-shaped
Farm Yard Manure (FYM)
Agro and animal waste and residues used to enrich soil
Fascicled
A close cluster of flowers/leaves in groups (bundles)
Fertiliser
Organic or inorganic plant foods in either liquid or granular form, used to amemd the soil in order to improve the quality or quantity of plant growth.
Fibre
Long cells with lignified walls, generally dead, providing mechanical support for the culm as fibre sheath or fibre bundle
Filament
Slender stalk that supports the anther
Fimbricate
Margins fringed, with long and coarse hair
Fixation
Certain preservative chemicals are fixed by various reactions and become water insoluble
Flexural strength
The maximum stress that can be borne by the surface fibers in a beam in bending.
Floret

Unit of spikelet that consists of a single flower

Flowering

A phenomenon by which a cluster of highly specialised leaves grows with the specific aim of participation in reproduction.
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Foliage leaves
Leaves of woody bamboos with well-developed green blades and small sheaths produced in complements on culm branches genus (genera) taxonomic category; smallest natural group (groups) containing different species.
Fungi
Filamentous organisms that are devoid of chlorophyll and derive their food from organic matter

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