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Ch3 Lesson 2 Defin
| 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 | 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 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 |
| angiosperm | a flowering plant that produces seeds enclosed in a protective fruit |