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waxy, watertight, outer covering of nonwoody above ground parts of a plant
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cuticle
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opening in a leaf or a stem of a plant tha tenable gas exchange to occur
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stoma
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one of a pair of specialized cells that border a stoma
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guard cell
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system of vascular tissues that transport water and other materials in plants
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vascular system
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plant that does not have a vascular system
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nonvascular plant
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structure that sonsists of a plant embryo surrounded by a protective coat
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seed
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early stage in the development of plants and animal; term for a developing human during the first 8 weeks of pregnancy
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embryo
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vascular plant that produces seeds
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seed plant
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reproductive structure of angiosperms; produces pollen in the anthers of stamens and seeds in a fruit; the mature ovary of a pistil
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flower
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type of vascular tissue in plants, that contains soft-walled conducting cells through which organic compounds are transported throughout the body of a plant
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phloem
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type of vascular tissue in plants that contains hard-walled conducting cells that transport water and dissolved minerals upward from the root to the leaves
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xylem
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portion of a plant that grows mostly upward and aboveground
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shoot
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portion of a plantthat grows mostly downward and below ground
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root
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region or zone of actively dividing, undifferntiated plant cells that are capable of developing into specialized plant tissues
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meristem
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hypha that acts as an anchor for a fungus; hairlike projeciton tha tanchors a nonvascular plant
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rhizoid
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horizontal under-ground stem
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rhizome
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long, highly divided leaf of a fern
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frond
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organism produced by asexual reproduction that is genetically identical to its parent
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clone
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seed plant that produces seeds thta do not develop within a fruit
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gymnosperm
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seed plant tha tproduces reproductive structures in flowers and sseds within a fruit
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angiosperm
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structure that contains one or more sseds and develops from the ovary of the pistil of a flower
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fruit
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nutritious triploid tissue that develops in the seeds of angiosperms
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endosperm
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monocotyledon; angiosperm that produces seeds with a single cotyledon
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monocot
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dicotyledon; angiosperm that produces seeds with two cotyledons
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dicot
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any nonreproductive part of a plant
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vegetative part
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type of gras splant tha tproduces edible fruits called grains and is grown as good for humans and livestock
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cereal
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edible dry fruit of a cereal grass
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grain
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