pores in the epidermis allows movement of gases in and out

loss of water from leaves and other organs of the plantin the xylem

permeability barrier for water and other molecules

outer layer of cells covering an organism

part of vascular bundle that is responsible for the transports water throughout the plant

part of vascular bundle that transports the products of photosynthesis

pair of curved cells that surround a stoma

pressure of water pushing the plasma membrane against the cell wall

the sticking together of alike molecules

binding of a cell to another cell, or a cell to a surface

attractive force exerted upon the surface molecules of a liquid by the molecules beneath

plants that have been adapted to tolerate dry conditions

plants adapted to survive in saline (high salt) conditions.

can be photosynthesising leaves, or storage organs (such as roots) releasing their store of nutrients.

organic compounds like sugars + amino acids- are transported in plants from sources to sinks through the phloem.

Plant tissue consisting of undifferentiated cells

a plant that completes its life cycle, from germination to the production of seed, within one year, and then dies.

flowering plant that takes two years to complete its biological lifecycle

plant that lives for more than two years

tip of a plant shoot or root that produces auxin and causes the shoot or root to increase in length

terminal bud of a plant, which consists of the apical meristem

base of carpel in which the female sex cells develop

female reproductive organs of an angiosperm

life male reproductive part of a flower

male reproductive part of a flower consists of the filament and the anther

stage in the life cycle of plants and algae that undergo alternation of generations

multicellular diploid generation found in plants and algae that undergo alternation of generations

process by which pollen is transferred to the female reproductive organs of a plant

A process in sexual reproduction that involves the union of male and female gametes each with a single, haploid set of chromosomes) to produce a diploid zygote

cell formed by the union of a male sex cell and a female sex cell

lignified or fibrous protective covering of a seed that develops from the integuments of the ovule after fertilization

part of the embryo within the seed of a plant

One of the two meristems in vascular plants (the cork cambium and the vascular cambium) in which secondary growth occurs, resulting in increase in stem girth

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group of flowering plants belonging to the class Liliopsida of Angiospermae, characterized by having only one cotyledon in the seed and an endogenous manner of growth

one of the two major types of flowering plants and are characterized by having 2-seed leaves, or cotyledons

outer part of the angiosperms

Pollen-bearing structure in the stamen of the flower usually located on top of the filament of the stamen

modified leaves that surround the reproductive parts of flowers. They are often brightly colored or unusually shaped to attract pollinators

stamen of a flower the part that produces pollen consists of a slender stalk, called a filament and an anther

pollen-receptive surface of a carpel or group of fused carpels, usually sticky

structure found within the flower. It is a long, slender stalk that connects the stigma and the ovary