Botanical Terms and Concepts: A Glossary for Horticulture and Agriculture, Quizzes of Gardening and Horticulture

Download Botanical Terms and Concepts: A Glossary for Horticulture and Agriculture and more Quizzes Gardening and Horticulture in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 cotyledon DEFINITION 1 -baby leavesan embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants, one or more of which are the first leaves to appear from a germinating seed TERM 2 hypocotyl DEFINITION 2 -baby stemthe part of the stem of an embryo plant beneath the stalks of the seed leaves, or cotyledons, and directly above the root/radicle TERM 3 radicle DEFINITION 3 the part of the plant embryo that develops into the primary root TERM 4 collenchyma DEFINITION 4 supportive tissue strengthened by the thickening of cell walls, as in young shoots TERM 5 parenchyma DEFINITION 5 spimple tissues of an organ as distinguished from the connective and supporting tissue-photosynthesis-storage TERM 6 sclerenchyma DEFINITION 6 woody tissue in a plant formed from thick cell walls TERM 7 monocot(yledon) DEFINITION 7 a flowing plant with an embryo that bears a single cotyledon(seed leaf) TERM 8 dicot(yledon) DEFINITION 8 a flowering plant with an embryo that bears 2 cotyledons(seed leaves)-appear at germination TERM 9 fruit DEFINITION 9 structure that develops from the carpel and adjacent flower parts after pollination and fertilization TERM 10 simple fruit DEFINITION 10 develop from a single carpel or several fused carpels/pistils TERM 21 plant organs DEFINITION 21 leafstemroot TERM 22 totipotency DEFINITION 22 clump of cells>plants TERM 23 reproduction in plants DEFINITION 23 -sexual(true seeds)-asexual(cuttings) TERM 24 ground tissues DEFINITION 24 -enchyma-parenchyma(starch storage cells)- sclerenchyma(woody) TERM 25 difference between roots and shoots DEFINITION 25 shoots have nodes TERM 26 stolen DEFINITION 26 horizontal stem in potatoes and strawberries TERM 27 offshoot DEFINITION 27 identical plant TERM 28 asexual reproduction DEFINITION 28 colonization TERM 29 sexual reproduction DEFINITION 29 allows plans to adapt to environment TERM 30 compartmentalism DEFINITION 30 protects itself from dying to diseaseex. ship hits iceberg TERM 31 leaves DEFINITION 31 true leavesseed leaves(cotyledon) TERM 32 flower DEFINITION 32 reproductive structure of an angioseprm contains carpel, leaflike structure that holds the female gametophyte TERM 33 complete flower DEFINITION 33 sepals, petals, stamens, pistil TERM 34 perfect flower DEFINITION 34 stamen and pistil TERM 35 dioecious DEFINITION 35 2 separate plants-one female-one maleex. poinsetta