Plant Kingdom Vocabulary

Question	Answer
BOTANY	The study of plants
VASCULAR PLANT	a plant with vascular or conducting tissues, and true roots, stems, and leaves.
NON-VASCULAR PLANT	A plant with neither vascular tissue nor true roots, stems or leaves.
SEED	A plant embryo en closed in a protective coat.
COTYLEDON	A seed leaf in a plant embryo.
ADVENTITIOUS ROOT	An aboveground root that grows from a stem or leaf.
XYLEM	The plant tissue that transports water and dissolved minerals upward.
PHLOEM	The plant tissue that transports organic compounds in both directions.
PALISADE MESOPHYLL	A layer of cells in a leaf directly beneath the surface.
EPIDERMIS	A layer of cells that forms a protective covering on the outer surface.
SPONGY MESOPHYL	A layer of loosely spaced cells in a leaf.
STOMATA	Tiny pores located on the underside of a leaf.
GUARD CELL	The cell that controls the opening and closing of stomata.
PISTIL	The female reproductive structure in a flowering plant.
OVARY	The female reproductive structure that produces eggs.
STYLE	The structure that anchors the stigma to the ovary.
STIGMA	The tip of the style where pollen grains are trapped.
POLLEN GRAIN	A male reproductive cell in plants.
ANTHER	The structure that produces cells that develop into pollen grains.
FILAMENT	The structure that supports the anther.
STAMEN	The male reproductive structure in a plant.
SEPAL	The leaf-like parts on a flower.
PETAL	The usually colorful leaf-like parts beneath the sepal.

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