Onopordum, cottonthistle, is a genus of plants in the thistle tribe within the Asteraceae. They are native to southern Europe, northern Africa, the Canary Islands, the Caucasus, and southwest and central Asia. They grow on disturbed land, roadsides, arable land and pastures. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onopordum)
The return of atmospheric nitrogen to the atmosphere through biological processes such as ammonia formation, nitration, nitrate respiration, and some other non-biological processes, particularly after its assimilation by the roots of legume plants or by free-living nitrogen-fixing bacteria. (Translated from http://terim.tuba.gov.tr/)
An animal cuticle, or cuticula, is any of a variety of tough but flexible, non-mineral outer coverings of a invertebrate or vertebrate organism, or parts of an organism, that provide protection. Various types of "cuticle" are non-homologous, differing in their origin, structure, function, and chemical composition. (Adapted from Wikipedia, 2024. Cuticle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuticle)
Holiday with fee-based provision of overnight lodging on a working farm that is actively engaged in agricultural production. Typically, the stays are short-term. (Adapted from Hall, P.K. and Wood, A. 2020. Ten legal issues for farmstay operators. Factsheet Series: 2020. Fayetteville, USA, National Agricultural Law Center. Cited 21 October 2025.
https://nationalaglawcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/assets/articles/hall_farmstay.pdf)
Plants that are shorter or slower in growth than their normal form; For plants which are exceptionally small in comparison to normal species USE miniature cultivars.
