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Plants
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
02/17/2014

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Term
Germinate
Definition
Seeds begin to gro to become young plants
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Seedlings
Definition
Young Plants
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Imbibition
Definition
1st step of germination,it is the uptake of water
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Cotyledons
Definition
The place where carbs, lipids, proteins, and other nutrients are stored
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Endosperm
Definition
In some seeds  ,instead of cotyledons, the place where carbs, lipids, proteins, and other nutrients are stored
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Seed Coat
Definition
Matenral Tissue and serves to protect the embryo
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plumule
Definition
Embryonic shoot
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Radicle
Definition
Embryonic root
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Hypocotyl
Definition
Region between the shoot and root
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Primary Growth
Definition
Growth in length of stem and roots
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Secondary Growth
Definition
Growth in diametere or widith
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Apical Meristem
Definition
Location of mitosis that causes growth
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Rhizome
Definition
an underground horizontal stem
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Rosette plants
Definition
leaves are produced very close to ground where leaves attach to stem
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Stolon
Definition
Horizontal growing stem produces adventious roots
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