BOTANY
HORTICULTURE
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Question
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a plant that completes its life cycle in 1 year
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a plant that completes its life cycle in 2 years
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a plant that lives more than 2 years
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a plant that starts flowering in the second year
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Detailed explanation-1: -Annuals are plants that complete their life cycle in one year. They germinate, grow, bear fruits and die off within an year. Generally, all herbs and plants belonging to the grass family exhibit this type of life cycle. Mustard, watermelon, corn, lettuce wheat, are a few examples of annual plants.
Detailed explanation-2: -An annual, such as a zinnia, completes its life cycle in one year. Annuals are said to go from seed to seed in one year or growing season. During this period, they grow, mature, bloom, produce seeds and die.
Detailed explanation-3: -annual, any plant that completes its life cycle in a single growing season. The term is usually applied to herbaceous flowering plants in which the dormant seed is the only part of an annual that survives from one growing season to the next.
Detailed explanation-4: -Examples of true annuals include corn, wheat, rice, lettuce, peas, watermelon, beans, zinnia and marigold.