Plant Vocab

homeostasis

balance or equilibrium maintained by the body

Antibodies

Proteins that react to a specific antigen or that inactivate or destroy toxins

Stamen

The male reproductive structure of a flower that produces pollen and consists of an anther at the tip of a filament

Pistil

The female reproductive part of a flower that produces seeds and consists of an ovary, style, and stigma

Xylem

Tissue in plants that transport water and mineral nutrients

phloem

Tissue that conducts food (sugars, amino acids, and mineral nutrients) in vascular plants

Ovary

In flowering plants, the lower part of a pistil that produces eggs in ovules

Thigmotropism

Process whereby plants respond to touch or physical contact with an object

geotropism

The process whereby a plant responds to gravity

phototropism

The process whereby plants respond to light stimulus by growing in the direction of available light

Vascular tissue

Transports materials such as water, nutrients, and sugars throughout a plant

flower

Reproductive organ of a plant. Contains both male and female reproductive structures

Pollination

Transfer of pollen from the stamen to the pistil. It may happen from within the same pant or between two different plants

Seed

Forms after fertilization and contains a tiny, developing plant

Cone

Reproductive structure that produces seeds in some plants

auxins

Hormones in plants responsible for tropisms

-ole

small

-oma

swelling, tumor

oncho-

hook

oo-

egg

-opia

sight