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Classifying Plants
Ch.3 L2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Nonvascular plant | A low growing plant that lacks true 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 | A 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 (male Gametophyte) produced by seed plants that contain the cell that later becomes a spore 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 scale of cones — not enclosed by protective fruit |
| Angiosperm | 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 |