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| A group of cells with a common function, structure, or both. |
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| A structure consisting of several types of tissues that together carry out particular functions |
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| All of a plant's roots, which anchor it in the soil, absorb and transport minerals and water, and store food. |
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| The aerial portion of a plant body, consisting of stems, leaves, and in angiosperms: flowers. |
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| The one main vertical root. |
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| Branch roots that come off the taproot. |
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| A thin tubular extension of a root epidermal cell, that are usually short lived. |
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| The point at which leaves are attached. |
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| An organ consisting of an alternating system of nodes and internodes. |
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| The stem segments between nodes. |
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| A structure that can form a lateral shoot, between the upper angle formed by each leaf and the stem. |
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| Apical Bud (terminal bud) |
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| Main contributor to the elongation of a young shoot, with developing leaves and a compact series of nodes and internodes. |
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| The inhibition of axillary buds by apical buds. |
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| Main photosynthetic organ of a plant. |
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| A section of a leaf that joins it to the stem at a node. |
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| The vascular tissue of a leaf. |
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| A functional unit connecting all of the plant's organs. |
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| The plant's outer protective covering - like our skin. |
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| A layer of tightly packed cells |
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| The waxy coating on the epidermis surface - specializes in water retention. |
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| A protective tissue that replaces the epidermis on older regions of stems and roots. |
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| The system that carries out the long-distance transport of materials between the roots and shoots. |
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| A type of vascular tissue that conducts water and minerals upwards from the roots to the shoot. |
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| A type of tissue that transports sugars from where they are made to where they are needed. (source to sink) |
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| The vascular tissue of a root or stem collectively. |
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| Tissue that is neither vascular or dermal. |
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| Ground tissue that is internal to the vascular system/tissue. |
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| Ground tissue that's external to the vascular tissue. |
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| Cells that perform the metabolic function of a plant, synthesizing and storing various organic products. - thin primary walls. |
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| Cells that support the young parts of the plant shoot, grouped in strands of cylinders. |
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| Also function as support to plants, but with lignin and secondary walls. |
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| A type of sclerenchyma cell; have very thick secondary walls and are shorter that fibres and irregular in shape. |
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| Sclerenchyma cells that are long, slender and tapered. |
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| One of the tubular conductive structures of xylem, consisting of dead cylindrical cells that are attached end to end and connected by perforations. |
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| A series of cells joined end to end, forming a tube through which nutrients are conducted. |
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| The perforated end wall of a sieve tube element/cell. |
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| Growth that occurs throughout a plant's life. |
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| When something stops growing because at a certain size. |
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| Perpetually embryonic tissues. |
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| Located at the tips of roots, shoots, and the axillary buds; provide the plant with additional cells to grow in length. |
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| Cylinders of dividing cells along the roots and stems - increases plant's diameter. |
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| Adds layers of vascular tissue called secondary xylem and secondary phloem. |
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| Replaces the epidermis with thicker, tougher periderm. |
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| The result of apical meristems and primary growth. |
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| A covering of the tip of a root, which protects the apical meristem. |
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| The innermost layer of the cortex, a cylinder one cell thick that forms a boundary. |
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| The outermost cell layer in the vascular cylinder, adjacent to just inside the endodermis. |
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| Finger-like projections along the sides of the apical meristem |
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| Cells that interrupt the dermal barrier on leaves and allow gas exchange. |
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| Cells that regulate the opening and closing of stomata. |
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| The ground tissue of a leaf |
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| The body that consists of the tissues produced by the vascular cambium and cork cambium. |
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| Space between cork cells, enabling living cells within the woody system to exchange air and gass. |
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| Includes all tissues external to the vascular cambium. |
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