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| Diploid, or spore-producing, phase of an organism. |
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| Haploid, or gamete-producing, phase of an organism. |
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| Nonvascular plant: exampes are mosses and their relatives. |
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| Long thin cell that anchor them in the ground and absorb water and minerals. |
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| Small multicellar reproductive structures. |
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| Male reproductive structure in some algae and plants. |
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| Female reproductive structure in some plants, including mosses and liverworts. |
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| Specialized to conduct water and nutrients throughout the plant. |
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| Hollow plant cell in zylem tissue with thick cell walls that resist pressure. |
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| Transport subsystem that carries water upword form the roots to every part of a plant. |
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| Vascular tissue responsible for the transport of nutrients and the carbohydrates produced by photosynthesis. |
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| Underground organs that absorb water and minerals. |
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| Photosynthetic organs that contian one or more bundles of vascular tissue. |
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| In plants -- A cluster of vascular tissue in leaves. |
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| Supporting structures that connect roots and leaves, carrying water and nutrients between them. |
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| Creeping or underground stem in ferns. |
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| Structure inferns and some fungi that contains spores. |
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| Cluster of sporangia on the underside of a ferm frond. |
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| Bear their seeds directly on the surfaces of cones. |
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| Bear their seeds within a layer of tissue that protects the seed. |
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| Male gametophyte in seed plants. |
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| Transfer of pollen from the male reproductive structure to the female reproductive structure. |
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| Embryo of a living plant that is encased in a protective coveringand surrounded by a food supply. |
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| Organism in its early stage of development. |
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| Surrounds an protects the embryo and keeps the contents of the seeed from drying out. |
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| Wall of tissue surronding the seed. |
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| Angiosperm whose seeds have one cotyledon. |
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| First leaf or first pair of leaves produced by the embryo of a seed plant. |
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| flowering plants that complete a life cycle within one growing season. |
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| Angiosperms that complete their life cycle in two years. |
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| Flowering plants that live for more than two years. |
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