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Term | Definition |
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Cuticle | The waxy, waterproof layer that covers the leaves and stems of most plants. |
Vascular tissue | The internal transportation tissue in some plants that is made up of tube-like structures. |
Zygote | A fertilized egg, produced by the joining of a sperm and an egg. |
Non vascular tissue | A low-growing plant that lacks true vascular parts. |
Rhizoid | A thing, root-like structure in the cytoplasm of a cell where proteins are made. |
Phoem | The vascular tissue through which food moves in a plant. |
Xylem | The vascular tissue through which water and nutrients move in some plants. |
Pollen | Ting particles (male gametopyhtes) produced by seed plants that contain the cells that later become sperm cells. |
Seed | The plant structure that contains a young plant inside a protective covering. |
Embryo | A young organism that develops from a zygote; a developing human during the first eight weeks after fertilization. |
Cotyledon | A seed leaf |
Germination | The sprouting of the embryo from a seed that occurs where the embryo resumes growth. |
Cambium | A layer of cells in a plant that produces new phloem and xylem cells. |
Transpiration | The process in which water is lost through a plant's leaves. |
Gymnosperm | A plant that produces seeds that are not enclosed in a protective covering. |
Cone | The reproductive structure of a gymnosperm. |
Pollination | The transfer of pollen from male reproductive structures to female reproductive structures in plants. |
Angiosperm | A flowering plant that produces seeds enclosed in a protective covering such as a fruit. |
Fruit | The ripe ovary and other structures of an angiosperm that encloses one or more seeds. |
Monocot | An angiosperm with one seed leaf. |
Dicot | An angiosperm that has two seed leaves. |
Tropism | The growth response of a plant toward of away from a stimulus. |