Plant vocab
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| Cuticle | waxy, protective layer that covers the stems, leaves, and flowers of many plants and helps prevent water loss.
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| Cellulose | chemical compound that forms tangled fibers in the cell walls of many plants and provides structure and support.
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| Vascular plant | has tubelike structures that move minerals, water, and other substances throughout the plant.
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| Nonvascular plant | absorbs water and other substances directly through its cell walls instead of through tubelike structures.
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| Rhizoid | threadlike structures that anchor nonvascular plants to the ground.
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| Pioneer species | first organisms to grow in new or disturbed areas; break down rock and build up decaying plant material so that other plants can grow.
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| Stomata | tiny openings in a plant's epidermis through which carbon dioxide, water vapor, and oxygen enter and exit.
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| Guard cell | pairs of cells that surround stomata and control their opening and closing.
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| Xylem | vascular tissue that forms hollow vessels that transport substances, other than sugar, throughout a plant.
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| Phloem | vascular tissue that forms tubes that transport dissolved sugar throughout a plant.
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| Cambium | vascular tissue that produces xylem and phloem cells as plants grow.
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| Gymnosperm | vascular plants that do not flower, generally have needlelike or scalelike leaves, and produce seeds that are not protected by fruit; conifers, cycads, ginkoes, and gnetophytes.
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| Angiosperm | flowering vascular plants that produce fruits containing one or more seeds; monocots and dicots.
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| Monocot | angiosperm with one cotyledon inside its seed, flower parts in multiples of three, and vascular tissues in bundles scattered throughout the stem.
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| Dicot | angiosperm with two cotyledons inside its seed, flower parts in multiples of four or five, and vascular bundles in rings.
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