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