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plant body
Cotyledon
seed leaf within the embryo of a seed
Endosperm
tissue that surrounds and nourishes the embryo in the seeds of (flowering plants)
Radicle
the first organ to appear when a seed germinates
monocot
flowering plants that contain one cotyledon
eudicot
flowering plants that have two seed leaves (cotyledons)
angiosperm
flowering plant
dormancy
period of arrested plant growth
herbaceous
vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground
heterotrophic
an organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients
autotrophic
an organism makes its own food
germination
the process by which a plant grows from a seed into a seedling
stratification
process of treating seeds to simulate natural conditions that the seeds must experience before germination can occur
auxin
a plant growth hormone that can be created chemically or produced biologically by the plant
apical meristem
region of cells capable of division and growth in the root and shoot tips in plants
meristem
meristem is a type of tissue found in plants. It consists of undifferentiated cells capable of cell division
heartwood
The older, harder, nonliving central wood of a tree that serves the sole function of mechanical support
sapwood
the living, outermost portion of a woody stem or branch
lenticels
a porous tissue made up of vast intercellular gaps between cells
pith
tissue present in the center of the stem of vascular plants. It is a soft tissue that primarily functions for storage.
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