a waxy or fatty and watertight layer on the external wall of epidermal cells.

one of many openings in a leaf or a stem of a plant that enable gas exchange to occur.

one of a pair of specialized cells that border a stoma and regulate gas exchange.

a conducting system of tissue that is found in hgher plants and that is made up mostly of xylem and phloem.

the three groups of plants that lack specialized conducting tissues and true roots,stems, and leaves.

a plant that has a vascular system composed of xylem and phloem, specialized tissues that coduct materials in plants and animals.

a plant embryo that is enclosed in a protective coat.

an organism in an early stage of development of broken down into simpler substances by chemical means; all atoms of an element have the same atomic number.

the reproductive structure of a flowering plant that usally conists of a pistil, stamens,petals, and sepals.

the tissue that coducts food in vascular plants.

the tissue that transports water and mineral nutrients.

the portion of a plant that grows mostly above the ground; includes stems and leaves.

the mainly underground organ of vascular plants that hold plants in place and absorbs and stores water and minerals from the soil.

a region of undifferentiated plant cells that are capable of dividing and developing into speicialized plant tissue.

a rootlike structure in nonvascular plants such as mosses or liverworts that holds the plant in place and aids in absorption.

a horizontal, underground stem that provides a mechanism for asexual reproduction.

in plants a seed-bearing structure.

a woody vascular seed plant whose seeds are not enclosed by an ovary or fruit.

a flowering plant that produces seeds within the fruit.

a mature plant ovary; the plant organ in which the seeds are enclosed.

a triploid tissue that develops in the seed of angiosperms and that provides food for the embryo.

a monocotyledonous plant; a plant that produces seeds that have only one cotyledon.

a dicotyledonous plant; an angiosperm that has two cotyledons, net venation,and flower parts in groups of four or five.

any non reproductive part of a plant.

any grass that produces grains that can be used for food such as rice, wheat, corn, oats, or barley.

the edible seed or seedlike fruit of a cereal grass.

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Cuticle	a waxy or fatty and watertight layer on the external wall of epidermal cells.
Stoma	one of many openings in a leaf or a stem of a plant that enable gas exchange to occur.
Guard Cell	one of a pair of specialized cells that border a stoma and regulate gas exchange.
Vascular System	a conducting system of tissue that is found in hgher plants and that is made up mostly of xylem and phloem.
Nonvascular Plant	the three groups of plants that lack specialized conducting tissues and true roots,stems, and leaves.
Vascular Plant	a plant that has a vascular system composed of xylem and phloem, specialized tissues that coduct materials in plants and animals.
Seed	a plant embryo that is enclosed in a protective coat.
Embryo	an organism in an early stage of development of broken down into simpler substances by chemical means; all atoms of an element have the same atomic number.
Seed Plant	a plant that produces seeds.
Flower	the reproductive structure of a flowering plant that usally conists of a pistil, stamens,petals, and sepals.
Phloem	the tissue that coducts food in vascular plants.
Xylem	the tissue that transports water and mineral nutrients.
Shoot	the portion of a plant that grows mostly above the ground; includes stems and leaves.
Root	the mainly underground organ of vascular plants that hold plants in place and absorbs and stores water and minerals from the soil.
Meristem	a region of undifferentiated plant cells that are capable of dividing and developing into speicialized plant tissue.
Rhiziod	a rootlike structure in nonvascular plants such as mosses or liverworts that holds the plant in place and aids in absorption.
Rhizome	a horizontal, underground stem that provides a mechanism for asexual reproduction.
Frond	the leaf of a fern or palm.
Cone	in plants a seed-bearing structure.
Gymnosperm	a woody vascular seed plant whose seeds are not enclosed by an ovary or fruit.
Angiosperm	a flowering plant that produces seeds within the fruit.
Fruit	a mature plant ovary; the plant organ in which the seeds are enclosed.
Endosperm	a triploid tissue that develops in the seed of angiosperms and that provides food for the embryo.
Monocot	a monocotyledonous plant; a plant that produces seeds that have only one cotyledon.
Dicot	a dicotyledonous plant; an angiosperm that has two cotyledons, net venation,and flower parts in groups of four or five.
Vegetative Part	any non reproductive part of a plant.
Cereal	any grass that produces grains that can be used for food such as rice, wheat, corn, oats, or barley.
Grain	the edible seed or seedlike fruit of a cereal grass.

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