Term | Definition |
cuticle | the waxy, waterproof layer that covers the leaves and stems of most plants |
vascular tissue | the internal transporting tissue in some plants that is made up tube like structures |
zygote | a fertilized egg, produces by the joining of a sperm |
nonvascular tissue | tissue with no vascular things in it |
rhizoid | a thin, rootlike structure that that anchors a moss and absorbs water and nutrients |
phloem | one of the major groups into which biologists classify members of a kingdom |
xylem | the vascular tissue through which water and nutrients move in some plants |
pollen | Tiny particles (male gametophytes) produced by seed plants that contain the cells that 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 by which water is lost through a plants leaves |
gymnosperm | A plant that produces seeds that are not enclosed by a protective fruit |
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 structure |
fruit | The ripened ovary and other structures of an angiosperm that enclose 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 or away from a stimulus |