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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 fruit | thick wall of tissue surrounding an angiosperm seed |
| bryophyte | mosses, liverworts and hornworts |
| sporophyte | spore producing plant; contain both male and female parts |
| vein | cluster of vascular tissue, xylem and phloem |
| gametophyte | gamete producing structure of plants; archegonia and anthoridia (egg producers, sperm producers) |
| rhizoid | structures that anchor mosses to the ground |
| seed | embryo of a living plant that is encased in a protective coat |
| sorus | a cluster of sprogia (moss or fern spores) |
| rhizome | creeping or underground stem of a plant |
| leaf | photosynthetic organ that contains vascular tissue (leaves, needle, fronds) |
| pollination | process by which pollon is carried to the female reproductive structure of plants |
| xylem | water conducting tissue in plants |
| phloem | the food conducting tissue in plants |
| roots | underground plant organs that absorb water and minerals |
| stem | support structure that connect roots and leaves. contain vascular tissue |
| fronds | large leaf structure of ferns |
| trachieds | hollow cells in xylem |
| seed coat | protective structure around plant embryo |
| antheridium | male reproductive structure in mosses and ferns |
| archegonium | female reproductive structure in mosses and ferns |
| angiosperm | flowering plants (largest group of plants on Earth) |
| vascular tissue | tissue in plants that conducts food and water from roots to leaves |
| wood plants | plants that contain bark |
| herbacious | non-woody plants |
| gymnosperm | "naked seed" plants; ginko, conifers and cycads (palm trees); smallest group of plants |
| osmosis | movement of water through a semipermiable membrane |
| haploid | 1/2 the number of chromosomes |
| diploid | complete set of chromosomes |
| cone | seed structure of a conifer |
| flowers | reproductive structure of a angiosperm |
| capillary action | the flow of liquids against the flow of gravity; how plants get water to their leaves |
| lignin | substance in vascular plants that gives them rigidity; (creates bark) |
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