Plant Unit Vocab From Vampbell Bio Book

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part of the female reproductive structure in the carpel of a flower, formed from the ovary wall, carries the stigma to the pollen grain

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style

Front 2

the uncurled fronds of a young fern harvested for food consumption

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fiddlehead

Front 3

symbiotic association between a fungus and the roots of a plant

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mycorrhizae

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reproductive structure found only in flowering plants

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flower

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all tissues outside of the vascular cambium

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bark

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the process by which proteins with a sorting signal travel to and from differnt cellular compartments

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bulk flow

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tiny opening or pore found on the undersurface of a plant leaf and used for gas exchange

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stomata

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plants that produce bisexual gametophytes have those gametophytes germinate from isospores

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homospory

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fer-like foliage of a plant that has many divisions and the term is typically used for the leaves of palms, ferns or cycads

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frond

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the female reproductive organ of a flower consisting of the stigma, style and the ovary

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carpel

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one type of fruit results from the ripening of a simple ovary with only one pistil

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simple fruit

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outermost layer of tissue in woody plants that is resistant to the passage of water vapor and gases and that becomes the bark

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cork

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the apperarance of drops of xylem sap on the tips or edges of leaves or some vascular plants

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guttation

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specialized epidermal plant cell that is responsible for regulating the size of the opening of the stomata and intern controls gas exchange and water loss

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guard cells

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refers to plants in which the sporophyte produces two kinds of spores that develop into unisexual gametophytes

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heterospory

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a structure in some plants that functions like a root which is present to support, they also increase surface area of the roots

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rhizoids

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female reproductive part of a flower, centrally located and consists of a swollen base, a stalk, and a stigma

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pistil

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fruit that develops from several ovaries in either a single or multiple flowers

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compound fruit

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band of cell wall material in the radial and transverse walls of the endodermis

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casparian strip

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osmotic pressure within cells of a root system that causes sap to rise through a plant stem to the leaves

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root pressure

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in plants, it is the transport of food in the phloem

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translocation

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part of the male reproductive structure at the tip of the stamen

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anther

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part of the female reproductive structure and contain ovules, provide protetive covering for the ovules

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seed cones

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part of the flower of angiosperms that cover the petals whe at bud stage

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sepals

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develops from the ovary of a flower when the egg is fertilized and forms seeds which protects the enclosed seeds and aids in their dispersal by wind or animals

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fruit

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evaporation of water from the aerial parts of plants, especially leaves

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transpiration

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binding together of like molecules, often by hydrogen bonds

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cohesion

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vascular system in plants whee source is where the food is made and sink is where it is stored

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source to sink

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rigid supportive plant cell type usually lacking protoplasts and possessing thick secondary walls strengthened by lignin and maturity

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sclerenchyma

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horizontal stem of a plant that is usually found underground, often sending out roots and shoots from its nodes

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rhizome

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in plants, it is the transport of food in the phloem

Back 31

translocation

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part of the male reproductive structure at the tip of the stamen

Back 32

anther

Front 33

part of the female reproductive structure and contain ovules, provide protetive covering for the ovules

Back 33

seed cones

Front 34

part of the flower of angiosperms that cover the petals whe at bud stage

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sepals

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develops from the ovary of a flower when the egg is fertilized and forms seeds which protects the enclosed seeds and aids in their dispersal by wind or animals

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fruit

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evaporation of water from the aerial parts of plants, especially leaves

Back 36

transpiration

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binding together of like molecules, often by hydrogen bonds

Back 37

cohesion

Front 38

vascular system in plants whee source is where the food is made and sink is where it is stored

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source to sink

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rigid supportive plant cell type usually lacking protoplasts and possessing thick secondary walls strengthened by lignin and maturity

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sclerenchyma

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horizontal stem of a plant that is usually found underground, often sending out roots and shoots from its nodes

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rhizome

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specailized short wide cell in angiosperms arranged end to end they form continuous tubes for water transport

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vessel elements

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chain of living cells that form sieve tubes in phloem

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sieve-tube members

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plant tissue consisting of cells joined into tubes that transport water and nutrients throughout the plant body

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vascular tissue

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swelling on the root of a plant that contains symbiotic nitrogen fixing bacteria

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root nodule

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female gametophyte that contains eight haploid nuclei from a megaspore

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embryo sac

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dormant life cycle stage of some plants in which a peproductive structure can withstand very harsh, difficult-to-live-in environments

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spore

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the sturcture that contains the female reproductive cells in a plant

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ovule

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plants that have staminate(male) flowers and carpellate(female) flowers growing on separate plants

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dioecious

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after germination, these become the first leaves of a seedling plant and sometimes begin photosynthesis for the young plant after food reserves are depleted

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cotyledons

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these modified forms of adenine cause cell dicision to occur more often in plant embryos

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cytokinins

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the conversion of nitrate to nitrogen gas often by anaerobic bacteria

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denitrification

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these are two nuclei located within the embryo sac that share the sytoplasm of the large cell that comprises the embryo sac

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polar nuclei

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a male gametophyte that develops from a microspore

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microgametophyte

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an angiosperm that does not have ass four floral organs

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incomplete flower

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flowers with both stamens and carpels

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perfect flower

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and embryonic root of a plant which is the first part of a young plant embryo to grow from a seed during germination

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radicle

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plant hormone produced in the terminal bud that slows growth, inhibits cell division in the vascular cambium suspendsprimary and secondary growth

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abscisic acid

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plants that eat animals to gain additional nuctrients

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carnivorous plant

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a triploid tissue produced in many flowering plants that is rich in starch and functions as a food reserve for a young plant embryo while still in the seed

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endosperm

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female gametophyte the develops in the embro sac of the ovyle in plants

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megagametophyte