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Study Stack #2
Term | Definition |
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Cuticle | The waxy, waterproof layer that covers leaves and stems of most plants. |
Vascular Tissue | The internal transporting tissue in some plants that is made up of tube like structures. |
Zygote | A fertilized egg, produced by the joining of a sperm and a egg. |
Non vascular Tissue | A plant that doesn't have a vascular system. |
Rhizoid | A thin, root like, structure that anchors a moss and absorbs water and nutrients. |
Phloem | The vascular tissue which food moves in some plants. |
Xylem | The vascular tissue which water and nutrients move in some plants. |
Pollen | Tiny particles produced by seed plants that contain that cells that later become sperm cells. |
Seed | The plant structure that contains a young plant inside a protective covering. |
Embryo | A young organism that develops from a zygote. |
Cotyledon | A seed leaf. |
Germination | The sprouting of embryo from a seed that occurs where the embryo resumes growth. |
Cambium | A layer of cells in a plant that produces new phloem and xylem cells. |
Transpiration | The process by which water is lost through a plants leaves. |
Gymnosperm | A plant that produces seeds that aren't enclosed by a protective fruit. |
Cone | The reproductive structure of a gymnosperm. |
Pollination | The transfer of pollen from male reproductive structures to female reproductive structures in plants. |
Angiosperm | A flowering plant that produces seeds that aren't enclosed in a protective fruit. |
Fruit | The ripened ovary and other structures of an angiosperm that enclose one or more seeds. |
Monocot | An angiosperm with one seed leaf. |
Dicot | An angiosperm with two seed leaves. |
Tropism | The growth response of a plant toward or away from a stimulus. |