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14 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Auxins | plant hormone that stimulates growth in the apical meristem region of the plant; inhibits the growth of side branches; causes plant to grow vertically |
Tropism | plant response to stimulus; irreversible plant movement |
Plasmolysis | loss of water in a plant cell due to osmosis; the plant cell membrane pulls away from the cell wall |
Pathogen | organisms that cause a disease |
Gibberellins | promotes plant growth and germination |
Nastic Movement | plant movement unrelated to the direction of the stimulus; is reversible |
Virology | branch of biology that studies viruses |
Cytokinins | plant hormone that stimulates cell divisions |
Dormancy | period in plant development where little growth or development occurs |
Virulent | causes a disease immediately |