Chapter 12 Vocab Flashcards
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Vascular plant
A plant that has specialized tissues that conduct materials from one part of the plant to another.
Gymnosperm
A woody, vascular seed plant whose seeds are not enclosed by an ovary or fruit.
Angiosperm
A flowering plant that produces seeds within a fruit.
Rhizoid
A rootlike structure in nonvascular plants that holds the plants in place and helps get water and nutrients.
Rhizome
A horizontal underground stem that produces new leaves, shoots, and roots.
Pollen
The tiny granules that contain the male gametophyte of seed plants.
Pollination
The transfer of pollen from the male from the male reproductive structures to the female structures of seed plants.
Xylem
The type of tissue In vascular plants that provides support and conducts water and nutrients from the roots.
Phloem
The tissue that conducts food in vascular plants.
Sepal
On of the outermost rings of modified leaves that protect the flower bud.
Petal
On of the rings of the usually brightly colored, leaf-shaped parts of the flower.
Stamen
The male reproductive structure of a flower that produces pollen and consists of an anther at the tip of the filament.
Pistil
The female reproductive part of a flower that produces seeds and consists of an ovary, style, and stigma.
Nonvascular plant
Three groups of plants that lack specialized conducting tissues and true roots, stems, and leaves.
Ovary
In flowering plants the lower parts of a pistil hat produces eggs in ovules.
