🌱 Plant and Botanical Science Glossary – Sinhala | English

🌱 Plant and Botanical Science  Glossary – Sinhala | English | Sentence

රාජකීය උද්භිද උද්‍යානය – Royal botanical garden

👉 The Royal botanical garden is widely used for the study and conservation of the plant species of Sri Lanka.

විසිතුරු පැළෑටි හා මල් – Ornamental plants and flowers

👉 Grasses are fast-growing plants with narrow leaves and fibrous roots. – purple  Ornamental plants and flowers are grown mainly for beautification purposes in landscapes and gardens.

කැපුම් මල් – Cut flowers

👉 Cut flowers such as roses and chrysanthemums are cut and used for commercial floral ornaments.

ශාක වර්ගීකරණය – Plant classification

👉 Plant classification is a scientific procedure for classifying plants based on their structure, features, and genetics.

විද්‍යාත්මක වර්ගීකරණය – Scientific classification

👉 Scientific classification enables plants to be identified correctly with kingdom, genus, and species classes.

වාර්ෂික ශාක – Annual plants

👉 Annual plants possess one season life cycle, i.e., marigold, sunflower

බහුවාර්ෂික ශාක – Perennial plants

👉 Perennial plants live for a number of years and bloom numerous times, like lavender and hibiscus.

විසිතුරු ශාක – Ornamental plants

👉 Ornamental plants make the look of gardens, houses, and parks more attractive with impressive flowers or foliage.

පැළෑටි – Herbs

👉 Herbs are soft-stemmed herbs used as cooking ingredients, medicine, or for their scent, like basil and mint.

පඳුරු – Shrubs

👉 Shrubs are multi-stemmed woody plants that are often used as ornamental hedges or for landscaping.

ශාක පෝෂක – Plant nutrients

👉 Plant nutrients are essential for plant growth and development, macro and micro elements.

මහා පෝෂක – Macro nutrients

👉 Macro nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium are essential in large amounts to make plants healthy.

ක්ෂුද්‍ර පෝෂක – Micro nutrients

👉 Micro nutrients such as zinc, iron, and manganese are involved in plant metabolism in small but essential quantities.

පළිබෝධක – Pest

👉 A pest is an insect or organism that causes damage to crops, e.g., aphids or caterpillars.

වල් පැළෑටි – Weeds

👉 Weeds are unwanted plants that take space, sunlight, and nutrients from the crops.

පළල් පත්‍ර – Broad leaves

👉 Broad leaves are broad and wide, occurring in most plants such as sunflower and jackfruit trees.

පන් – Sedges

👉 Sedges are grasses occurring in wetlands, frequently with triangular stems.

තෘණ – Grasses

👉 Grasses are fast-growing plants with narrow leaves and fibrous roots. – purple

වාර්ෂික වල් පැළෑටි – Annual weeds

👉 Annual weeds mature and develop within one growing season, usually encroaching upon crop production.

බහුවාර්ෂික වල් පැළෑටි – Perennial weeds

👉 Perennial weeds survive for many years and are harder to control since they have deep root systems.

ස්පර්ශක වල් නාශක – Contact weedicides

👉 Contact weedicides kill weeds on direct contact without passing through the entire plant system.

සංස්ථානික වල් නාශක – Systemic weedicides

👉 Systemic weedicides are absorbed and passed through the entire weed, killing it from the inside out.