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ch.23 bio.
vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cuticle | a waxy layer that carves the nonwoody above ground parts of most plants. |
| stoma | permits plants to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide. |
| guard cells | stomata open and close as the guard cells change shape. |
| vascular system | a system of well developed vascular tissue that distribute more materials more efficiently. |
| nonvascular plant | the three groups of plants lack specialized conducting vascular plant . a plant that does not have a vascular system. |
| vascular plant | plants that have a vascular system. |
| seed | a structure that contains the embryo of a plant. |
| embryo | is an early stage in the development in plants and animals. |
| seed plants | vascular plants that produce seeds. |
| flower | a reproductive structure that produces pollen and seeds. |
| phloem | relatively soft walled cells transport organic nutrein in the tissue. |
| xylem | the walls of the water conductive cells in xylem are thickened. |
| shoot | the part of a plant body that grows mostly upward. |
| root | the part of the plants body that grows downward. |
| meristems | zones of actively dividing plant cells. |
| rhizoid | hair like projections. |
| rhizome | another early seedless vascular plant also had horizontal underground stems. |
| fronds | the coil young leaves of a fern. |
| cone | clusters of nongreen spore bearing leaves for a structure. |
| gymonosperm | are seed plants whos seeds do not develope in a cialed container. |
| angiosperm | produce seeds that develope enclosed within a specialized structure pruduced by angiosperm. |
| fruit | a specalized structure produced by angiosperm. |
| endosperm | tissue that develops in the seeds of angiosperm and that provides food for a developing embryo. |
| monocots | are flowering plants that produce seeds with one seed leaf. |
| dicots | are flowering plants that produce seeds with two seed leaves. |
| vegetative part | is a none reproductive part of a plant. |
| cereal | are glasses that are grown as food for humans and live stock. |
| grain | cereal glasses produce large numbers of a type of edible, dry fruit |