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Apologia Bio Mod 14
Definitions for Apologia Biology - Module #14 (2nd Edition)
Term | Definition |
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botany | the study of plants |
perennial plants | plants that grow year after year |
annual plants | plants that live for only one year |
biennial plants | plants that live for two years |
vegetative organs | the parts of a plant (such as stems, roots, and leaves) that are not involved in reproduction |
undifferentiated cells | cells that have not specialized in any particular function |
xylem | nonliving vascular tissue that carries water and dissolved minerals from the roots of a plat to its leaves |
phloem | living vascular tissue that carries sugar and organic substances throughout a plant |
leaf mosaic | the arrangement of leaves on the stem of a plant |
leaf margin | the characteristics of the leaf edge |
deciduous plant | a plant that loses its leaves for winter |
girdling | the process of cutting away a ring of inner and outer bark all the way around a tree trunk |
alternation of generations | a life cycle in which there is both a multicellular diploid form and a multicellular haploid form |
dominant generation | in alternation of generations, the generation that occupies that largest portion of the life cycle |
pollen | a fine dust that contains the sperm of seed-producing plants |
cotyledon | a "seed leaf" which develops as a part of the seed - it provides nutrients to the developing seedling and eventually becomes the first leaf of the plant |