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Plants
Term | Definition |
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nonvascular plants | plants that do not have true roots,stems,or leaves |
vascular plants | plants that have roots,stems and leaves |
spore-producing plants | plants that produce spores for reproduction instead of seeds |
seed-producing | plants that reproduce through seeds |
cone-bearing plants | evergreen plants that never have flowers and that have needles-like leaves |
flowering plant | plants that grow their own seeds inside a flower |
cotyledons | the seed leaves in a flowering plant |
monocot | seed leaves with 1 food storage area |
dicot | seed leaves with 2 food storage areas |
woody stems | stems of vascular plants for example:trees and many shrubs |
herbaceous | stems of vascular for example:grass,dandelions,or tomato plants |
evergreen plants | plants that only produce cones not flowers |
root | the part of the plant that anchors the plant and where all the water and minerals enter the plant |
stem | the support system of the plant that stores food for the plant |
bulb | a rounded plant that develops underground |
leaf | the place where photosynthesis take place |
photosynthesis | the process in which a plant turns sunlight into food |