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17 Cards in this Set
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Botany
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The study of plants.
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Perennial Plants
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Plants that grow year after year.
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Annual Plants
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Plants that live for only one year.
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Biennial Plants
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Plants that live for two years.
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Vegetative Organs
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Parts of a plant (such as stems, roots, and leaves) that are not involved in reproduction.
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Reproductive Plant Organs
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The parts of a plant (such as flowers, fruits, and seeds) that are involved in reproduction.
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Undifferentiated Cells
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Cells that have not specialized in any particular function.
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Xylem
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Nonliving vascular tissue that carries water and dissolved minerals from the roots of a plant to its leaves.
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Phloem
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Living vascular tissue that carries sugar and organic substances throughout a plant.
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Leaf Mosaic
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The arrangement of leaves on the stem of a plant.
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Leaf Margin
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The characteristics of the leaf edge.
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Deciduous Plant
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A plant that loses its leaves for winter.
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Girdling
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The process of cutting away a ring of inner and outer bark all the way around a tree trunk.
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Alternation of Generations
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A life cycle in which there is both a multicellular diploid form and a multicellular haploid form.
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Dominant Generation
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In alternation of generations, the generation that occupies the largest portion of the lifecycle.
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Pollen
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A fine dust that contains the sperm of seed producing plants.
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Cotyledon
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A "seed leaf" which develops as a part of the seed. It provides nutrients to the developing seedling and eventually becomes the first leaf of the plant.
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