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Plant Diversity
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5th Grade
10/19/2010

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RHIZOID
Definition
ONE OF THE HAIRLIKE FIBERS THAT ANCHOR MOSS TO THE SOIL AND TAKE IN WATER FROM THE SOIL.
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SPORE
Definition
CELLS IN SEEDLESS PLANTS THAT GROW INTO NEW ORGANISMS.
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FROND
Definition
THE LEAF OF A FERN
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RHIZOME
Definition
THE UNDERGROUND STEM OF A FERN.
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ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION
Definition
THE PRODUCTION OF ONE ORGANISM FROM ONLY ONE CELL.
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FERTILIZATION
Definition
THE JOINING OF A SPERM CELL WITH AN EGG CELL TO MAKE ONE NEW CELL, A FERTILIZED EGG.
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SEXUAL REPRODUCTION
Definition
THE PRODUCTION OF A NEW ORGANISM FROM A FEMALE SEX CELL AND A MALE SEX CELL.
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SEED
Definition
AN UNDERDEVELOPED PLANT WITH STORED FLOOD SEALED IN A PROTECTIVE COVERING.
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ANGIOSPERM

Definition
A SEED PLANT THAT PRODUCES FLOWERS.
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GYMNOSPERM
Definition
A SEED PLANT THAT DOES NOT PRODUCE FLOWERS.
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COTYLEDON
Definition
A TINY LEAF LIKE STRUCTURE, ALSO CALLED A SEEDLEAF, INSIDE THE SEED OF AN ANGIOSPERM.
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MONOCOT
Definition
AN ANGIOSPERM WITH ONE COTYLEDON IN EACH SEED.
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DICOT
Definition
AN ANGIOSPERM WITH TWO COTYLEDONS IN EACH SEED.
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POLLINATION
Definition
THE TRANSFER OF A POLLEN GRAIN TO THE EGG-PRODUCING PART OF A PLANT.
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FRUIT
Definition
THE RIPENED OVARY OF A FLOWERING SEED PLANT.
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OVARY
Definition
A STRUCTURE CONTAINING EGG CELLS; THE BASE OF A PISTIL IN A FLOWER.
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SELF-POLLINATION
Definition
THE TRANSFER OF POLLEN FROM AN ANTHER TO A STIGMA IN THE SAME PLANT.
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CROSS-POLLINATION
Definition
THE TRANSFER OF POLLEN FROM ONE PLANT TO ANOTHER.
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EMBRYO
Definition
THE IMMATURE PLANT INSIDE A SEED.
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SEED COAT
Definition
THE OUTER COVERING OF A SEED.  A TOUGH, PROTECTIVE COVERING ENCASING THE WHOLE SEED.
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