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ch 23 vocab!
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cuticle | a waxy or fatty and watertight layer tthe external wall of epidermal cells |
| stoma | one of many opening in a leaf or a stem of a plant that enables gas exchange to occur |
| guard cell | one of a pair of specialized cells that border a stoma and regulate gas exchange. |
| vascular tissue | the specialized conducting tissue that is found in higher plants and is made up mostly of xylem and phloem. |
| nonvascular plant | three groups (liverworts, hornworts, and mosses) that specialized conducting tissues and true roots, stem and leaves |
| Seed | plant embryo that is enclosed in a protective coat |
| embryo | organism in an early stage of development of plants and animals , in humans, a developing individual is refereed to an embryo. |
| seed plant | plant that produces seeds |
| flower | the reproductive structure of a glowering plant |
| phloem | the tissue that conducts food (sugars, amino acid, and mineral nutrients in vascular plants. |
| xylem | hard- walled cells that transport water and mineral nutrients in a plant |
| shoot | the portion of a plant that grows mostly above the ground includes the stems and leaves |
| root | the mainly underground organ of vascular plants in places and absorbs and stores water and minerals. |
| meristem | a region of undifferentiated plant cells that are capable of diving and developing into specialized plant tissues |
| rhizome | a horizontal, underground stem that provides a mechanism for asexual reproduction |
| frond | the leaf of a fern or palm |
| cone | in plants, a seed-bearing structure. |
| gymnosperm | a woody vascular seed plant whose seeds are not enclosed by an ovary or front |
| angiosperm | a flowering plant that produces seeds within a fruit. |
| fruit | a mature plant ovary; the plant organ in which the seeds are enclosed |
| endosperm | a triploid 3n tissue that develops in the seeds of angiosperms and that provides food for a developing embryo |
| monocot | a monocotyledonous plant; a plant that provides seeds that have only one cotyledon |
| dicot | an angiosperm that has two cotyledons, net venation, and flower parts in groups of four or five. |
| vegetative part | any nonproductive part of a plant |
| cereal | any grass that produces grains that can be used for such as rice, wheat, corn, oats or barely |
| grain | the edible seed or seed like fruit of a cereal |
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