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Plants
Term | Definition |
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Anatomy | Structural makeup, especially of an organism or any of its parts |
Carbon Dioxide | A colorless, odorless gas |
Cell | The basic unit of all living things |
Chlorophyll | A green pigment found in green plants that absorbs energy from sunlight and is used by plants in making food and oxygen |
Dormant | Not active |
Embryo | An organism in its earliest stages of development; in most plants it is found inside a seed |
Flowers | The reproductive part of a flowering plant; place where pollination occurs |
Leaves | Plant parts that grow out of the stem; place where photosynthesis occurs |
Non-Vascular Plant | Plants that do not have tissues to transport food and water (for example, moss) |
Photosynthesis | The process by which producers such as plants make their own food by using energy from the sun |
Pistil | The female reproductive structure of a flower (consists of the stigma, style, and ovary) |
Plant | A major group of living things that are multicellular and that carry out photosynthesis |
Pollination | The transfer of pollen from the male part of one flower to the female part of another flower |
Roots | The underground foundation of a plant |
Seed | A part of a flowering plant that contains the embryo from which a new plant can grow |
Sepal | One of the leaflike parts that protect a flower bud and that is usually green |
Spore | A reproductive cell that can develop into a new organism |
Stamen | The male reproductive structure of a flower (consists of the anther and filament) |
Stem | The part of a plant that connects its roots and its leaves |
Vascular Plant | Plants that have special tissues to transport food and water (for example, trees and flowering plants); most plants are vascular plants |