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Mr. Adam B. Chapter 3 vocabulary

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Adventitous Root   Root that begins growth from the stem of a plant or a leaf.  
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Angiosperm   Flowering plants that produce seed protected in a fruit or pod,such as apples or beans.  
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Annual   Plant that completes its life cycle in one year or growing season.  
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Anther   Part of the flower that produces flower.  
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Apical Dominance   Condition made by hormons in the apical meristem that prevents lateral buds from developing  
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Apical Meristem   The primary growing point in the terminal bud.  
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Biennial   Plant that completes ots life cycle in two years or growing season.  
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Broadleaf Plant   Plants with wide, flat leafs  
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Buds   Plant structure that contains undeveloped leaves, stems and flowers  
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Bud Scale   Plant structure that cover and protect undeveloped parts.  
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Calyx   All of the sepals of a flower.  
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cambium   Layers of cells where cell division and plant growth ocur.  
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Complete Flower   A flower with four parts sepals, petals,stamens and pistil  
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Compound leaf   leaf composed of petiole and two or more leaf blades called leaflets  
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Cuticle   epideermis cells with a waxy coating that prevents excessive water loss  
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Deciduous   Woody perennial plant that loses its leaves in the fall.  
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Dicot   A class of flowering plants oaks cacti roses and soybeans are examples.  
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Dioecious   Plant species with male and female flowers on different plants  
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Epidermis   Protective layer of cells on the outside of leaves and other organs.  
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Evergreen   Plants that keep their leaves year round  
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Fibrous root system   Root system consisting of numerous slender roots.  
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Filament   Stalk part of the stamen that holds the anther in a flower.  
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Flower   Reproductive organ of a plant  
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Guard Cell   pair of cells that regulate the opening and closing of stomata  
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Gymnosprem   plants that have seeds not protected by fruit such as pine cones  
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Hardy   Plants with tolerance for cold weather  
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herbaceous   soft stems of some perennial plants that are killed by frost.  
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Imperfect flower   a flower that lacs a stamen or pistil  
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Incomplete flower   a flower that lacs any one of the four parts of a complete flower  
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Lateral bud   buds located along the sides of stems where the leaves are attached  
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leaf blade   large brood part of a leaf  
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leaflet   two or more leaf blades  
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leaves   plant organs responsible for food production  
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life cycle   time requrid for a plant to grow from its begining till it dies  
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mesophyll   tissue in the middle layer of a leaf thatconducts photosynthesis  
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monecious   plants that have both male and female flowers sepearatley such as corn  
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Monocot   class of flowering plant includes lilies grassws corn and palms  
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narrowleaf plant   plants with needle or scale shaped leafs  
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ovary   part of flower where eggs are produced and seeds devolp ovory becomes a fruit  
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palisade layer   layer of cells below upper edermis in a leaf  
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perennial   plant with a life cycle of more then two years  
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perfect flower   a plant with essential and accessory organs.  
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petal   leaf like colorful part of flower  
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petiole   leaf stalk connecting structre between leaf blade and flower  
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phloem   tissue that transport food from the leafs to the remainder of the plant  
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pistil   female part of the flower that contains the sitgma stle and ovary  
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pollen   produced by the anther in the flower of a plant contains the male and female parts  
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primary root   mayjor root of a plant frist root developed by a seed to anchor the plant and absorb water  
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root cap   specialized cell on the tips of roots that protect them as they grow through the soil  
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root hair   tiny root structures that incress the area for asborbing water  
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secondary root   small branchs fromed on secondary root  
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sepal   green leaf like structures that protects a flower  
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simple leaf   leaf with a single blade and petel  
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spongy layer   loosely arranged layer of cells between the polisade layer and mesophily in a leaf  
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stamen   male reproductive parts of a flower made of filaments dwarf and dwolf  
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stigma   sticky part of a flower pistil where ploolen is collected  
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stamen   opening in the leaf that allow oxygen co2 and water  
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style   part of a flower pistal that connects the stigma and ovory  
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TAP ROOT SYSTEM   root system with one thick main root that grows striaght down  
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terminal bud   large bud at the tip of a twig  
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transpiration   movement of water viper through stomata and out of a plant  
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vasculor cambium   layer of combium between the xylem and phloem  
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woody   perennial plants that are not killed by frost and survive from one year to the next with trees being an example  
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xylem   plant tissue that transport water and nutrients from the roots to the leaves  
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