Plants (Botany) - Introduction

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  1. angiosperm
    plants having seeds in a closed ovary
  2. bark
    tough protective covering of trees
  3. bulb
    a tear-shaped plant structure from which a new plant grows
  4. carbon dioxide
    a colorless, odorless greenhouse gas essential for photosynthesis
  5. cell
    the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms
  6. cone
    tapering mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts
  7. conifer
    a type of tree or shrub bearing cones
  8. fern
    a flowerless, seedless plant with fronds that uncurl upward
  9. flower
    reproductive organ of plants especially if showy or colorful
  10. frond
    compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad
  11. fruit
    the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
  12. germinate
    cause to grow or sprout
  13. germination
    the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow
  14. gymnosperm
    plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary
  15. leaf
    the collective amount of leaves of one or more plants
  16. moss
    tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants
  17. oxygen
    a colorless, odorless gas that is essential for respiration
  18. phloem
    plant tissue that conducts synthesized food substances
  19. photosynthesis
    formation of compounds in plants aided by radiant energy
  20. pollen
    fine spores produced by flowers to fertilize other flowers
  21. pollination
    transfer of the fine spores that contain male gametes
  22. respiration
    process converting nutrients into energy in a cell
  23. root
    underground plant organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes
  24. root hair
    thin hairlike outgrowth of an epidermal cell just behind the tip; absorbs nutrients from the soil
  25. seed
    small, hard part of a plant from which a new plant can grow
  26. seedling
    young plant or tree grown from a seed
  27. seed plant
    plant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores
  28. spore
    a small usually single-celled asexual reproductive body produced by many nonflowering plants and fungi and some bacteria and protozoans and that are capable of developing into a new individual without sexual fusion
  29. stem
    a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant
  30. stoma
    a pore in a plant through which gases and vapor can pass
  31. thorn
    a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
  32. transpiration
    the emission of water vapor from the leaves of plants
  33. tropism
    an involuntary orienting response
  34. tuber
    a fleshy underground stem or root, often used as food
  35. vascular plant
    green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms
  36. xylem
    plant tissue that conducts water and dissolved nutrients
Created on Tue Jan 24 10:37:53 EST 2017 (updated Fri Mar 31 10:20:37 EDT 2017)

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