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Apologia Botany
Chapter 8 Vocabulary - Exploring Creation with Botany
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |