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Chapter 12 Plant Div
Plants
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cellulose | organic compound made of chains of glucose molecules |
| cuticle | waxy protective layer that slows evaporation of water from a plant's surface |
| producer | organisms that use an outside energy source, such as the sun, to make its own food |
| transport | to carry somebody or something |
| vascular tissue | composed of tubelike cells that transport water and nutrients in some plants |
| frond | leaf of a fern |
| osmosis | diffusion of water molecules |
| rhizoid | structure that anchors a non-vascular plant to a surface |
| cambium | layer of plant tissue that produces new vascular tissue and grows between the xylem and phloem |
| phloem | plant vascular tissue that carries dissolved sugars throughout the plant |
| stoma | small opening in the epidermis of a leaf |
| tissue | group of cells in an organism |
| xylem | plant vascular tissue that carries water and dissolved nutrients from the roots to the stem and the leaves |