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Apologia Botany
Chapter 8 Vocabulary - Exploring Creation with Botany
Term | Definition |
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runners | stems that grow sideways along the ground |
xylem | tubes that send the water up from the roots to the rest of the plant |
phloem | tubes that send the sugary food down from the leaves to the rest of the plant |
vascular bundles | bundles of xylem and phloem together |
woody stem | stems that are hard and woody |
herbaceous stem | stems that are soft, green and easy to bend |
vascular cambium | cells in a layer just inside the surface of the stem that form xylem on one side of the layer and phloem on the other |
auxins | chemicals that cause both geotropism and phototropism in plants |
phototropism | turning towards the light |