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Chpt 5 Plant Vocab

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Angiosperm   flowering vascular plants that produce fruits containing one or more seeds  
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Cambium   vascular tissue that produces xylem and phloem cells  
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Cellulose   a chemical made out of sugar that makes up the cell walls of plants  
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Cotyledon   part of a seed used for food storrage  
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Cuticle   a waxy protective layer that covers the stems, leaves, and flowers of many plants to help prevent water loss  
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Dicot   angiosperms with two cotyledons inside its seeds  
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Guard Cells   pairs of cells that surround stomata and control their opening and closing  
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Gymnosperm   vascular plants that don't produce flowers, usually have needle-like leaves, and produce seeds not protected by fruits  
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Monocot   angiosperms with one cotyledon inside its seeds  
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Nonvascular Plants   small plants that do not have tubes to carry water  
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Palmate   leaf venation in which the veins of a leaf spread out like the fingers in your hand  
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Parallel   leaf venation in which the veins of a leaf run parallel to each other  
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Phloem   vascular tissue that forms tubes that carry disolved sugar throughout a plant  
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Pinnate   leaf venation in which the leaf veins look like the veins in a feather  
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Pioneer Species   first organisms to grow in a new area; break down rock to make soil for other species  
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Rhizoid   threadlike structures that anchor nonvascular plants to the soil and absorb water  
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Stoma/Stomata   small openings in the surface of most plant leaves that allow carbon dioxide, oxygen, and water to enter and exit  
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Vascular Plant   plants with tube-like structures that carry water, sugar, and minerals throughout the plant  
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Xylem   vascular tissue that forms tubes that carry water and minerals throughout the plant  
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