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Plants Vocab
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Photosynthesis | the process by which green plants use sunlight to change water and carbon dioxide into sugar |
| Botany | the scientific study of plants |
| Chlorophyll | the green substance in green plants which enables the to make their own food |
| Embryo | a tiny plant inside a seed |
| Pollination | the moving of pollen to the pistils of flowers by wind or insects |
| Germinate | to sprout |
| Conifer | a cone-bearing tree |
| Deciduous | a name for trees which lose their leaves every year |
| Lichen | a mosslike plant that grows on trees and rocks |
| Liken | to compare simalarities |