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xylem
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tissue that transports water and dissolves minerals in vascular plants
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phloem
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tissue that transports sugars in vascular plants
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transpiration
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release of vapor through stomata of plant tissue
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meristem
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undifferentiated plant tissue from which new cells are formed
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blade
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broad part of leaf where most photosyntheisis of a plant take plants
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petiole
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stalk that attaches a leaf blade to a stem
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mesophyll
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photosynthetic tissue of a leaf, between upper and lower epidermis
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Sporophyte
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diploid, spore producing phase of plant life cycle
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GAmetophyte
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haploid gamete producing phase of plant life cycle
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Sepal
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modified leaf that covers and protects the flower while it develops
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petal
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modified leaf that surrond's the flower's reproductive structures
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stamen
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male structure of flowering plants: stalk and another pollen product
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carpel
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female structure of flowering plants, ovary and style and stigna
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ensoperm
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tissue with in seeds of flowering plant, nourishes the embryo
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ovary
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organ in which female gametes develop before fertilization
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dormancy
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state of inactivity during which an organism/embryo is not growing
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germination
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process by which seeds/spores sprout and begin to growt
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regeneration
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process by which a new plant can grow from an on reproductive
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hormone
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chemical signal produced in one part of an organism and affects another part
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tropism
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movement/growth of plant in response of environmental changes
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