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Plants
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7th Grade
03/07/2012

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Nonvascular Plant
Definition
A plant that does not have specialized tissues to move water and nutrients through the plant.
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Vascular Plant
Definition
A plant that has specialized tissues that conduct materials from one part of the plant to another
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Gymnosperm
Definition
A woody, vascular seed plant whose seeds are not enclosed by an ovary or fruit
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Angiosperm
Definition
A flowering plant that produces seeds within a fruit
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Rhizoid
Definition
A rootlike structure in nonvascular plants that holds the plants in place and helps get water and nutrients
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Rhizome
Definition
A horizontal, underground stem that produces new leaves, shoots, and roots
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Pollen
Definition
The tiny granules that contain the male gametophyte of seed plants
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Pollination
Definition
The transfer of pollen from the male reproductive structures to the female structures of seed plants
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Xylem
Definition
The type of tissue in vascular plant that provides support and conducts water and nutrients from the roots
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Phloem
Definition
Te tissue that conducts food in vascular plants
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Sepal
Definition
In a flower, one of the outermost rings of modified leaves that protect the flower bud
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Petal
Definition
One of the usually brightly colored, leaf-shaped parts that make up one of the rings of a flower
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Stamen
Definition
The male reproductive structure of a flower that produces pollen and consists of an anther at the tip of a filament
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Pistil
Definition
The female reproductive part of a flower that produces and consists of an ovary, style, and stigma
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Ovary
Definition
In flowering plants, the lower part of a pistil that produces eggs in ovules; in the female reproductive system of animals, and organ that produces eggs
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Ovule
Definition
A structure in the ovary of a seed plant that contains and embryo sac and that develops into a seed after fertilization
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