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ryan chapter 3 vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A root growing from a location other than the underground, descending portion of the axis of a plant, as from a stem or leaf. | adventitious root |
| a plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant | angiosperm |
| Adjective Completing a life cycle in one growing season. | annual |
| The pollen-bearing part at the upper end of the stamen of a flower. | anther |
| condition cerated by hormones in the apical meristem that prevents lateral buds from developing. | apical dominance |
| the primary growing point in the terminal bud | apicalmeristem |
| plant that completes its life cycle in two years | biennial |
| plants with wide flat leaves | broadleaf plant |
| plant structure that contains undevelops | buds |
| plant structures that cover and protect undeveloped parts | bud scale bud scale |
| all of the sepals of a flower | calyx |
| layer of cells where where cell division and plant growth occur | cambium |
| a flower with four parts sepals pet als stamens and pistil | complete flower |
| leaf composed of petiole and two or more leaf blades called leaflets | copound leaf |
| epidermis cells with a waxy coating that prevents excessive water loss | cuticle |
| woody perennial plant that loses its leaves in the fall | deciduous |
| a class of flowering plants oaks cacti roses and soybeans are examples | dicot |
| plant species with male and female flowers on different plants | dioecious |
| protective layer of cells on the outside of leaves and other organs | epidermis |
| plants that keep there leaves all year round | evergreen |
| root system consisting of numerous slender roots | fibrous root system |
| stalk part of the stamen that hold the anther in a flower | filament |
| reproductive organ of a plant | flower |
| pair of cells that regulate the opening and closing of stomata | giard cell |
| plants that have seeds not protected by fruit such as pine cones | gymnosperm |
| plants with tolerance foe cold weather | hardy |
| soft stems of some perennial plants that are killed by frost | herbaceous |
| a flower that lacks a stamen or pistil | imperfect flower |
| a flower that lacs any one of the four parts of a complete flower | incomplete flower |
| buds located along the sides of stems where the leaves are attached | lateral bud |
| large brood part of a leaf | leaf blade |
| two or more leaf blades | leaflet |
| plant organs responsible for food production | leaves |
| time requrid for a platn to grow from its begining till it dies | life cycle |
| tissue in the middle layer of a leaf that conducts photosynthesis | mesophyll |
| plants that have both male and rfemale flowers sepearatley such as corn | monecious |
| class of flowering plant includes lilies grassws corn and palms | monocot |
| plants with needle or scale shaped leafs | narrowleaf plant |
| part of flower where eggs are produced and seeds devolp ovory becomes a fruit | ovary |
| layer of cells below upper edermis in a leaf | palisade layer |
| plant with a life cycle of more then two years | perennial |
| a plant with essential and accessory organs | perfect flower |
| leaft like colorful part of flower | petal |
| leaf stalk connecting structre between leaf blade and flower | petiole |
| tissue that transport food from the leafs to the remainder of the plant | phloem |
| female part of the flower thacontains the sitgma stle and ovary | pistil |
| produced by the anther in the flower of a plant contains the male and fdmale parts | pollen |
| major root of a plant first root developed by a seed to anchor the plant and absorb water | primary root |
| specialized cell on the tips of roots that protect them as they grow through the soil | root cap |
| tiny root structures that incress the area for asborbing water | root hair |
| small brachs fromed on secondary root | secondary root |
| green leaf like structures that protects a flower | sepal |
| leaf with a single blade and petel | simple leaf |
| loosely arranged layer of cells between the polisade layer and mesophily in a leaf | spongy layer |
| male reproductive parts of a flower made of filaments dwarf and dwolf | stamen |
| sticky part of a flower pistil where ploolen is collected | stigma |
| opening in the leaf that allow oxygen co2 and water | stamen |
| part of a flower pistal that connects the stigma and ovory | style |
| root system with one thick main root that grows striaght down | tap root system |
| large bud at the tip of a twig | terminal bud |
| movenment of water viper through stomata and out of a plant | transpiration |
| layer of comvium between the xylem and phloem | vasculor camvium |
| perennial plants that are not killed by frost and survive from one year to the next with trees being an example | woody |
| plant tissue that transport water and nutrients from the roots to the leaves | xylem |