Plants With Seeds
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- xylem
- ⬢ plant vascular tissue that carries water and minerals from the roots up through a plant and that also helps to support a plant
- phloem
- ⬢ plant vascular tissue that carries food
- root
- ⬢ a structure in vascular plants whose main functions are typically absorption and anchorage
- stem
- ⬢ a structure in vascular plants whose main functions are typically to carry materials between the roots and leaves and to support the plant
- leaf
- ⬢ a structure in vascular plants whose main function is typically photosynthesis
- photosynthesis
- ⬢ the food-making process that involves chlorophyll, in which light energy is used to make food (glucose) from carbon dioxide and water
- cone
- ⬢ in plants, a reproductive structure of a gymnosperm
- flower
- ⬢ a reproductive structure of an angiosperm
- ovule
- ⬢ a structure in a female cone or flower that contains an eggs cell and develops into a seed
- pollen
- ⬢ tiny grains that can be thought of as containing sperm cells, which are produced by male cones and flowers
- pollination
- ⬢ the process by which pollen is carried from male reproductive structures to female reproductive structures
- angiosperm
- ⬢ a plant whose seeds are contained in an ovary
- gymnosperm
- ⬢ a plant whose seeds are not contained in an ovary
- sepal
- ⬢ a leaflike structure that protects a developing flower
- petal
- ⬢ a colorful leaflike flower structure that serves to attract pollinators
- stamen
- ⬢ a male reproductive organ in a flower, which consists of a filament topped by a pollen-producing anther
- pistil
- ⬢ a female reproductive organ in a flower, which consists of a stigma, style, and ovule-containing ovary
- fruit
- ⬢ a ripened ovary of a plant that encloses and protects the seed or seeds
- annual
- ⬢ a plant that completes its life cycle within one growing season
- biennial
- ⬢ a plant that completes its life cycle in two years
- perennial
- ⬢ a plant that lives for many years
- tropism
- ⬢ in plants, the growth of a plant toward or away from a stimulus