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Classifying Plants
Ch3 L2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Nonvascular Plants | Plants that have no true vascular tissue. |
| Rhizoid | Thin rootlike structures that anchor the moss to the ground. |
| Vascular plant | A plant that has true vascular tissue for transporting minerals |
| Phloem | The vascular tissue through which food moves in some plants. |
| Xylem | The vascular tissue through 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 plant structure that contains a young plant and a food supply inside a protective covering. |
| Gymnosperm | A plant that produces seeds directly on the scales of cones - not enclosed by a protective fruit. |
| Angiosperm | A flowering plant that produces seeds enclosed in a protective fruit. |