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Classifying Plants
Ch 3 L2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Nonvascular plants | A plant that does not have true vascular tissue |
| Rhizoid | A thin rootlike structures that anchors moss and absorbs water and nutrients from the soil |
| Vascular plants | A plant that has true vascular tissue for transporting materials |
| Phloem | The vascular tissue which through 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 contains the cell that later becomes a sperm cell |
| Seed | The plant structure that contains a new plant and a food supply inside a protective covering |
| Gymnosperm | A plant that produces seeds directly on to the scales of cones-not enclosed by a protective fruit |
| Angiosperm | A flowering plant that produces seeds enclosed in a protective fruit |
| Cotyledon | A leaf produced by and embryo of a seed plant; sometimes stores food |
| Monocot | An angiosperm that has only one seed leaf |
| Dicot | An angiosperm that has two seed leaves |