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49 Cards in this Set
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Herb
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Plant with nonwoody stem
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Shrub
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woody plant with more than one main stem
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tree
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woody plant with one main stem
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Vine
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woody plant with elongate non self supporting stem
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Vegatative organs
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stem, leaf, root
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Reproductive organs
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Flower, fruit and seed
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Leaf
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principle photosynthetic organ
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phyllotaxy
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leaf arrangement
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opposite
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2 leaves per node
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alternate
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1 leaf per node
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whorled
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three or more leaves per node
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leaf venation
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patterns of veins
Ex. Parallel, pinnate, or palmate, netted |
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parallel
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veins run from base to apex
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pinnate
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single mid veins, and smaller lateral veins
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palmate
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several mid veins from base
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netted
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very heavily branched, might not have a mid vein
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asymmetrical
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incapable of being divided into 2 halves that are mirror images of each other
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blade
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the broad flat expmaded portion of the leaf
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compund leaf
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leaf with more than one blade
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deltoid
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in the shape of a triangle
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entire
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not toothed, lobed, cut or divided in any way
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leaflet
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one of the individual blades of a compound leaf
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lobe
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a large rounded or pointed projection from a leaf blade
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margintaht
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the outter edge of a leaf
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once pinnate
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h blade divided into leaflets that are arranged along a common axis
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twice pinnate
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leaflets arranged along branches of a common axis
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pith
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parenchyma tissue making up the central core of a stem
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symmetrical
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can be divided into two halves and are mirror images
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tooth
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a small pointed projection from the margin of a leaf or leaflet
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vein
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one of the large bundles if vascular tissue running through the blade of a leaf
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callyx (perianth)
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sepals
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corrolla
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petals
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sepals
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outermost set of parts, protect the flower
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petals
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colorful, bright and function to attract pollinators
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stamens
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anther and filament
compound pollen producing structure |
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carpels
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stigma, style, and ovary
compound ovule producing structure |
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comlpete
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all 4 floral organs
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incomplete
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missing one or more floral organs
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perfect
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both stamen and carpel
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imperfect
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missing stamen or carpel
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monocious
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both male and female flowes on the same plant
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droecious
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male and female are born on seperate plants
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polypetalous
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petals are free
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sympetalous
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petals are fused
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actinomorphic
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radially symmetrical, mirror images
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zygomorphic
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bilaterally symmetrical 1 plane of symmetry
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3 merous
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trimerous flowers occur in threes
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4 merous
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tetramerous flowers occur in 4s
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flower
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the basic reproductive unit of a flowers part
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