Plants With Seeds

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xylem

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• plant vascular tissue that carries water and minerals from the roots up through a plant and that also helps to support a plant

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phloem

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• plant vascular tissue that carries food

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root

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• a structure in vascular plants whose main functions are typically absorption and anchorage

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stem

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• a structure in vascular plants whose main functions are typically to carry materials between the roots and leaves and to support the plant

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leaf

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• a structure in vascular plants whose main function is typically photosynthesis

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photosynthesis

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• the food-making process that involves chlorophyll, in which light energy is used to make food (glucose) from carbon dioxide and water

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cone

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• in plants, a reproductive structure of a gymnosperm

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flower

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• a reproductive structure of an angiosperm

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ovule

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• a structure in a female cone or flower that contains an eggs cell and develops into a seed

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pollen

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• tiny grains that can be thought of as containing sperm cells, which are produced by male cones and flowers

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pollination

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• the process by which pollen is carried from male reproductive structures to female reproductive structures

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angiosperm

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• a plant whose seeds are contained in an ovary

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gymnosperm

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• a plant whose seeds are not contained in an ovary

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sepal

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• a leaflike structure that protects a developing flower

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petal

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• a colorful leaflike flower structure that serves to attract pollinators

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stamen

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• a male reproductive organ in a flower, which consists of a filament topped by a pollen-producing anther

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pistil

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• a female reproductive organ in a flower, which consists of a stigma, style, and ovule-containing ovary

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fruit

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• a ripened ovary of a plant that encloses and protects the seed or seeds

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annual

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• a plant that completes its life cycle within one growing season

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biennial

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• a plant that completes its life cycle in two years

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perennial

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• a plant that lives for many years

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tropism

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• in plants, the growth of a plant toward or away from a stimulus