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Photosynthesis Process by which plants, some bacteria and some protistans use the energy from sunlight to produce glucose from carbon dioxide and water. Oxygen is also a side product
Stomata Minute aperture structures on plants found typically on the outer leaf skin layer, also known as the epidermis.
Xylem Vascular tissue in plants which conducts water and dissolved nutrients upwards from the root and also helps to form the woody element in the stem.
Phloem Vascular tissue in plants which conducts sugars and other metabolic products downwards from the leaves.
Chloroplast Organelles found in plant cells and eukaryotic algae that conduct photosynthesis. Chloroplasts absorb sunlight and use it in conjunction with water and carbon dioxide gas to produce food for the plant.
Autotroph Organism that is able to form nutritional organic substances from simple inorganic substances such as carbon dioxide.
Germination The stage in which a germ or a living thing starts to sprout, grow and develop.
Trace Elements Any chemical element required by living organisms in minute amounts (that is less than 0.1 percent by volume [1,000 parts per million]), usually as part of a vital enzyme (a cell-produced catalytic protein).
Macrominerals Minerals your body needs in larger amounts. They include calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium, potassium, chloride and sulfur. Your body needs just small amounts of trace minerals.
Fruit Seed-bearing structure in flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) formed from the ovary after flowering.
Fertilisers Substances or mixtures that are added to the soil to supply nutrients or to make available nutrients already present in the soil, in order to increase plant growth and productivity.
Macronutrients Nutrients needed in large amounts by the plant for its growth.
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