| Term | Definition |
|---|
| angiosperm | seed plant that produces structures in flowers and seeds within a fruit |
| cereal | type of grass plant that produces edible fruits called grains and is grown as food for humans and livestock |
| cone | in plants, a cluster of non-green spore-bearing leaves |
| cuticle | waxy, watertight, outer covering of nonwoody aboveground parts of a plant |
| dicot | dicotyledon; angiosperm that produces seeds with two cotyledons |
| embryo | early stage in the development of plants and animals |
| endosperm | nutritious triploid (3n) tissue that develops in the seeds of angiosperms |
| flower | reproductive structure of angiosperms; produces pollen in the anthers of stamens and seeds in a fruit; the mature ovary of a pistil |
| frond | long, highly divided leaf of a fern |
| fruit | structure that contains one or more seeds and develops from the ovary of the pistil of a flower |
| grain | edible dry fruit of a cereal plant |
| guard cell | one of a pair of specialized cells that border a stoma |
| gymnosperm | seed plant that produces seeds that do not develop within a fruit |
| meristem | region of actively dividing, undifferentiated plant cells that are capable of developing into specialized plant tissues |
| monocot | monocotyledon; angiosperm that produces seeds with a single cotyledon |
| nonvascular plant | plant that does not have a vascular system |
| phloem | type of vascular tissue in plants, that contains soft walled conducting cells through which organic compounds are transported throughout the body of a plant |
| rhizoid | hypha that acts as an anchor for fungus; hair like projection that anchors a nonvascular plant |
| rhizome | horizontal underground stem |
| root | portion of plant that grows mostly downward below the ground |
| seed | structure that consists of a plant embryo surrounded by a protective coat |
| seed plant | vascular plant that produces seeds |
| shoot | portion of a plant that grows mostly upward and above ground |
| stoma | opening in a leaf or a stem of a plant that enables gas exchange to occur |
| vascular plant | plant that has a vascular system |
| vascular system | system of vascular tissues that transport water and other materials in plants |
| vegetative part | any nonreproductive part of a plant |
| xylem | type of vascular tissue in plants, that contains hard walled conducting cells that transport water and dissolved minerals upwards from the roots to the leaves |
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