Horticulture

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Morphology

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the study of the structure of a living organism

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Prokaryotes

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a microscopic single-celled organism that has nether a distinct nucleus with a membrane nor other specialized organelles

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includes bacteria and cyanobacteria

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Xylem

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a compound tissue in vascular plants that helps provide support and that conducts water and, nutrients upward from roots, consisting of tracheids, vessels, parenchyma cells and woody fibers.

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Phylum

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a part a vascular bundle consisting of sieve tubes companion cells, parenchyma and fibers and forming the food- conducting tissue of a plant.

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Monocot

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a monocotyledons flowering plant, the stem grows by deposits on its inside

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one sead leaf

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Dicot

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a type of flowering plant whose sead had two embryonic leaves (cotyledons) The leaf veins are usually net-like, Tap roots are often present.

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Beans & Peas

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Species

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differnt kinds of plants

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Photosynthesis

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the process of using sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water.

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Plant

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a living organism, synthesizing nutrients in leaves by photosynthesis.

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Spores

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typically one-celled, reproductive unit capable of giving rise to a new individual without sexual fusion.

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Angiosperm

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a plant having seads enclosed in a overy

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Flowering plants

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Gymnosperm

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a plant whose seads are not enclosed in a overy.

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Naked seads

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Metabolism

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the sum of a physical and chemical process in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained and destroyed; by which energy is made available.

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Determinate Growth

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dictates a prefixed maximum size that the body may reach.

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Indeterminate Growth

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no definate size toward which the body may grow.

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Genes

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the basic unit of heredity.

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Root system

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the part of the plant underground

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Shoot systems

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consisting of the stems and leaves.

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Reproduction

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the act or process of reproducing.

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Cytology

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the study of microscopic cells.

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Protoplasm

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the living part of the cell containing 2 parts; the nucleus & cytoplasm.

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Nucleus

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center of inheritance & cellular control.

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Cytoplasm

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a soft jelly- like material in which most of the cell metabolism takes place.

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Cytoplasmic membrane

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where cytoplasm is enclosed within a sac.

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Organelles

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a specialized part of a cell having a specific function.

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Chlorophyll

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the green coloring matter of leaves and plants.

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Mitochondria

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in the cytoplasm of cells that functions in energy production. (an organelle)

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Cellular respiration

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the oxidation of organic compounds that that occurs within cells, producing energy for cellular processes.

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Ribosomes

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a tiny, somewhat mitten shaped organelle occurring in great numbers in the cell cytoplasm either freely, in small clusters, or attached to the outer surfaces of endoplasmic reticuka, and functioning as the site of protein manufacture.

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Chromosomes

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thread like bodies bearing genes composed of DNA.

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Vacuole

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s membrane bound cavity within a cell, often containing material, nutrient, water and toxic products.

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Plasmodesmata

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interconnecting strands of cytoplasm.

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Cell wall

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boundary or wall that is part of the outer structure of certain cells.

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Pectin

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a white, amorphous, colossal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits.

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thickening & emulsifying properties.

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Middle Lamella

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the thin layer of cementing material, composed of pectates and similar substances, between the walls of adjacent cells.

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Cellulose

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an inert carbohydrate chief constituent of cell walls of plants.

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Primary wall

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the wall of a plant cell that is formed first around the protoplast, composed of cellulose microfibrils aligned at ask angles and held together by hydrogen bonds.

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Lignin

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a hardening substance.

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Secondary wall

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the innermost part of a plant cell wall, deposited after the wall had ceased to increase the surface area.

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Microfibrils

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a microtubule, microfilament, or other fine trendline structure of a cell.

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Mitosis

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process which DNA becomes organized into sets of thread like chromosomes.

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Meristems

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embryonic tissue in plants; undifferentiated, growing, actively dividing cells.

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Apical meristem

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meristem at the apex root or shoot.

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Secondary growth

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an increase in the in the thickness of the shoots and rootsof a vascular plant as a result off the formation off new cells in cambium.

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Lateral meristems

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meristem located along the sides of a part, as a stem or root.

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Xylem

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a compound tissue in vascular plants that helps provide support and that conducts water and nutrients upward from roots, consisting of Tracheids, vessels, parenchyma cells and woody fibers.

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Bark

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Phylum

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a part of a vascular bundle consisting of sieve tubes, companion cells, parenchyma and fibers and forming the food- conducting tissue of a plant.

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Cambium

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a layer of delicate meristematic tissue between the inner bark (phloem) and the wood (xylem), which produces new phloem on the outside and new xylem I the insidein stems, roots, ect... originating all secondary growth in plants and forming the annual rings of wood.

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Eukaryotic

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living cells bound by a membrane.

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Turdor pressure

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maintenance of pressure on a cell.

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Glucose

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type of sugar: plant nutrients for energy.

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Prokaryotes

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A microscopic single-celled organism that has neither a distinct nucleus with a membrane nor other specialized organellas. (includes the bacteria and cyanobacteria)

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Trilobite

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Extinct marine anthropod, abundant during paleozoic era.

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Monocot

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A monocotyledons flowering plant, the stwm grows by deposits on its inside

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one sead leaf

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Dicot

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A type of flowering plant who's seed has two embryonic leaves (cotyledons) The leaf veins are usually net-like. Tap roots are often present.

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Root/Shoot Ratio

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percentage of plant ABOVE & BELOW the soil.

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Thallus

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a plant body that is not differentiate into stem and leaves and lacks true roots and a vascular systems

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Typical of algae, fungi, lichens and some liverwort.