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Hort. ClassFunctStru
Hort.Class.FunctStructure
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Roots beginning from a stem or a leaf. | Adventitous roots |
| A plant that germinates from seed, grows to maturity, flowers, and produces seed in one growing season. | annual |
| The primary growing point of the stem. | apical meristem |
| A bud wich will produce a new leaf or stem which is located along the side of a plant stem. | axillary bud |
| A plant that completes its life cycle is two growing seasons. | biennial |
| The scientific classification system which identfies kingdom, division or phylum, class, order, family, genus, species,and variety or cultivar. | botanical nomenclature |
| A scientist who studies plants. | botanist |
| Plants that have flattened leavef blades. | broadleaf |
| The outer, usally green, leaf-like parts of a flower. | calyx |
| The thin layer of plant tissue between the xylem and phloem where new plant cells are formed. | cambium |
| A green pigmet, contained in the chloroplast of plant cells, that must be present for photosynthesis to take place. | chlorophyll |
| A flower with all four principal parts (sepals, petals, stamens, and pistil). | complete flower |
| One that has two or more leaflets. | compound leaf |
| Seed leaves attached to a seed embryo. | cotyledons |
| Occours when pollen grains from the flowers on one plant transfer to the stigmas of the flowers on another plant. | cross-pollination |
| A plant variety that is culivated and retains its features when reproduced. | cultivar |
| Lose their leaves during a portion of the year, usually winter. | deciduous plant |
| A pant with two seed leaves. | dicot |
| The phase in the life cycle of a plant when growth is slowed or inactive. | dormancy |
| Specialized tissue in a seed which contains stored food used by the plant in its first stage of growth and development. | endosperm |
| A plant that keeps its leaves year round. | evergreen |
| Occurs when a sperm necleas fuses with an egg cell nucleas, forming a zygote that will become a seed. | fertilization |
| A root system made up of a number of small primary and secondary roots spread out through the soil. | fibrous root system |
| The showy, colorful part of a plant that contains the reproductive organs, which then produce the fruit and the seeds of the plant. | flower |
| A mature ovary of a flowering plant. | fruit |
| The resumption of growth by a seed embryo; occurs when the embryonic root emerges from the seed coat. | germination |
| The ability of a plant to withstand colder temperatures. | hardiness |
| Plants that are less sensitive to temperature extremes. | hardy plant |
| A plant that has a soft, not woody stem that dies back to the ground each year, such as herbs, certain vines,and turfgrasses. | herbaceous plant |
| An improved plant developed by crossing parents of differnt genotype to produce a plant with an improved trait. | hybrid |
| A flower that lacks a stamen or pistil. | imperfect flower |
| A flower that lacks one or more of the major parts: sepals, petals, stamens, and pistil. | incomplete flower |
| The arrangments of flowers on a stem. | inflorescence |
| A plant with one seed leaf. | monocot |
| The classification of plants by form and structure. | morphology |
| Plants that have owl-like, scale-like, or needle-like leaves. | narrowleaf |
| A plant that may be herbaceous or woody and lives for more than two seasons. | perennial |
| The stamen and pistil in the same flower. | perfect flower |
| Vascular tissue that moves food from where it is manufactured to other parts of a plant. | phloem |
| This conversation of light energy into chemical energy by green plants. | photosynthesis |
| The center portion of the plant stem where food and moisture are stored. | pith |
| The transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the stigma. | pollination |
| The main root which grows from the seed. | primary root |
| When a plant flowers and produces fruit. | reproductive phase |
| The tip of the primary root that has several layers of cells which protects the root as it grows throught the soil. | root cap |
| Very small roots off of primary and secondary roots that grow between soil particles. | root hairs |
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