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Classifying Plants
Ch 3 L2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Non - vascular plants | Plants that lack vascular tissue for transporting materials |
| Rhizoid | A thin, rootlike structure that anchors a 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 pants |
| Xylem | The vascular tissue through which water and minerals move in some plants |
| fronds | The leaf of a fern plant. |
| pollen | Tiny structure (male gametophyte) 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. |
| angiosperms | A flowering plant that produces seeds enclosed in a protective fruit. |
| cotyledon | A leaf produced by an embryo of a seed plant; sometimes stores food. |
| monocots | An angiosperm that has only one seed leaf. |
| dicots | An angiosperm that has two seed leaves. |