Chapter 24 Key Terms
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- Xylem
- type of vascular tissue in plants that contains hard-walled conducting cells that transport water and dissolved minerals upwards from the roots to the leaves
- Meristem
- : region (or zone) of actively dividing, undifferentiated plant cells that are capable of developing into specialized plant tissues
- Seed
- structure that consist of a plant embryo surrounded by a protective coat
- Frond
- long, highly divided leaf of a fern
- Cone
- in plants, a cluster of non green spore-bearing leaves; in animals, photoreceptor of the retina of the eye that detects color
- Monocot
- monocotyledon; angiosperm that produces seeds with a single cotyledon
- Rhizoid
- hypha that acts as an anchor for a fungus ; hairlike projection that anchors a nonvascular plant
- Vegetative part
- any nonreproductive part of a plant
- Phloem
- type of vascular tissue in plants, that contains soft-walled conducting cells through which organic compounds are transported throughout the body of a plant
- Gaurd Cell
- one of a pair of specialized cells that border a stoma
- Gymnosperm
- plant that produces seeds that do not develop within a fruit
- Flower
- reproductive structure of angiosperms; produces pollen in the anthers of stamens and seeds in a fruit; the mature ovary of a pistil
- Cuticle
- waxy, watertight outer covering of nonwoody above-ground parts of a plant
- Embryo
- early stage in the development of plants and animals; term for developing human during the first 8 weeks of pregnancy
- Shoot
- portion of a plant that grows mostly upward and above ground
- Nonvascular plant
- plant that does not have a vascular system
- Fruit
- structure that contains one or more seeds and develops from the ovary of the pistil of a flower
- Root
- portion of a plant that grows mostly downward and below ground
- Vascular plant
- plant that has a vascular system
- Angiosperm
- seed plant that produces reproductive structures in flowers and seeds within a fruit
- Seed plant
- vascular plant that produces seeds
- Vascular system
- system of vascular tissues that transport water and other materials in plants
- Endosperm
- nutritious triploid (3n) tissue that develops in the seeds of angiosperms
- Grain
- edible dry fruit of a cereal grass
- Stoma
- opening in a leaf or a stem of a plant that enables gas exchange to occur
- Rhizome
- horizontal underground stem
- Cereal
- type of grass plant that produces edible fruits called grains and is frown as food for humans and livestock
- Dicot
- dicotyledon; angiosperm that produces seeds with two cotyledons