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Classifying plants
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Nonvascular plant | A low growing plant that lacks true vascular tissue for transporting materials |
| Rhiziod | Thin rootlike structure that anchors moss and absorbs water and nutrients for the plant |
| Vascular plant | A plant that has true vascular tissue for transporting materials |
| Phloem | The vascular tissue through which food moves in some plants |
| Xylem | The vascular tissue which water and minerals move in some plants |
| Frond | The leaf of a fern plant |
| Pollen | Tiny structure produced by seed plants that contain the cell that later becomes a sperm cell |
| Seed | The plants structure that contains a young plant and a food supply inside a protective covering |
| Gymnosperm | A plant that produces seed directly on the scales of cones not enclosed by a protective fruit |
| Angiosperm | A flowering plant that produces seeds enclosed in a protective fruit |