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Study Stack #2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cuticle | the waxy waterproof layer that covers the leaves and stems of most plants |
| vascular tissue | the internal transportationing tissue in some plants that is made up of tubelike structures |
| zygote | a fertilized egg produced by the joining of sperm and an egg |
| nonvascular tissue | plants without vascular tissue |
| rhizoid | a thin rootlike structure that anchors a moss and absorbs water and nutrients |
| phloem | the vascular tissue through which food moves in some plants |
| xylem | the vascular tissue through which water and nutrients move in some plants |
| pollen | tiny particles produced by seed plants that contain the cells that later become sperm cells |
| seed | the plant structure that contains a young plant inside aprotective covering |
| embryo | a young organism that develops from a zgote |
| cotyledon | a seed leaf |
| germination | the sprouting of the embryo from a seed that occurs where the embryo resumes growth |
| cambium | a layer a cells in a plant that produces new phloem and xylem cells |
| transpiration | the process by which water is lost through a plant's leave |
| gymnosperm | a plant that produces seeds that are not enclosed by a protective fruit |
| cone | the reproductive structure of a gymnosperm |
| pollination | the transfer of pollen from male reproductive structure s to a female reproductive structures in plants |
| angiosperm | a flowering plant that produces seeds enclosed in a protective struture |
| 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 that has two seed leaves |
| tropism | the growth response of a plant toward or away from a stimulus |