Ariz. Admin. Code § 3-4-101
In addition to the definitions provided in A.R.S. §§ 3-201, 3-231, 3-441, and 3-481, the following terms apply to this Chapter: "Appliance" means any box, tray, container, ladder, tent, vehicle, implement, or any article or thing that is or may be used in growing, harvesting, handling, packing, or transporting any agricultural commodity.
"Carrier" means any plant or thing that can transport or harbor a plant pest.
"Certificate" means an original document issued by the Department, the United States Department of Agriculture, or authorized officer of the state of origin, stating name, quantity, and nature of the regulated commodity, and the compliance information required by a specific regulation.
"Commodity" means any plant, produce, soil, material, or thing that may be subject to federal and state laws and rules.
"Container" means any box, crate, lug, chest, basket, carton, barrel, keg, drum, can, sack, or other receptacle for a commodity.
"Cotton" means all parts of Gossypium spp., except manufactured cotton products.
"Equipment" means any vehicle, device, implement, ladder, tent, or any article or thing that is or may be used in growing, harvesting, handling, packing, or transporting any agricultural commodity.
"Gin trash" means organic waste or materials resulting from ginning cotton.
"Host" means a plant on or in which a pest can live or reproduce, or both.
"Husk" means the membranous outer envelope of many seeds and fruit, such as an ear of corn or a nut.
"Infested" means
(i) any plant or other material on or in which a pest is found, or
(ii) a geographical area where a pest is known to occur.
"Inspector" means an employee of the Department or other governmental agency who enforces any law or rule of the Department.
"Lot" means any one group of plants or things, whether or not containerized that is set apart or is separate from any other group.
"Nursery" means real property or other premises on or in which nursery stock is propagated, grown, or cultivated or from which source nursery stock is offered for distribution or sale. (A.R.S. § 3-201(5) )
"Permit" means an official document authorizing the movement of a host plant and carrier.
"Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental subdivision or unit of a governmental subdivision, a public or private organization of any character, or another agency.
"Pests" includes all noxious weeds, insects, diseases, mites, spiders, nematodes and other animal or plant organisms found injurious, or likely to become injurious, to any domesticated, cultivated, native or wild plant, or to the product of any such plant. (A.R.S. § 3-201(7) )
"Phytosanitary certificate" means a certificate issued by a plant regulatory official for the purpose of certifying a commodity or appliance as pest free.
"Plant" or "crop" includes every kind of vegetation, wild or domesticated, and any part thereof, as well as seed, fruit or other natural product of such vegetation. (A.R.S. § 3-201(8) )
"Processed product" means any fruit, vegetable, or other food product covered under the regulations in this part which has been preserved by any recognized commercial process, including, but not limited to canning, freezing, dehydrating, drying, the addition of chemical substances, or by fermentation. ( 7 CFR § 52.2)
"Sell" means to exchange for money or its equivalent including to offer, expose, or possess a commodity for sale or to otherwise exchange, barter, or trade.
"Soil" means any non-liquid combination of organic, or organic and inorganic material in which plants can grow.
"Subcontainer" means any container being used within another container.
"Transport" means moving an article from one point to another.
"Treatment" means an application of a substance as either a spray, mist, dust, granule, or fumigant; or a process in which a substance or procedure is used to control or eradicate a plant pest.
"Vector" means an organism (usually an insect) that may carry a pathogen from one host plant to another.
"Vehicle" means an automotive device, such as a car, bus, truck, or private or recreational vehicle.
Ariz. Admin. Code § R3-4-101