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botany key terms ctd.
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Plant Sciences
Undergraduate 1
09/28/2012

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Indeterminate Growth

Definition
process in which plants do not stop growth at point
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Determinate growth

Definition
point where growth haults in plants, common in mammals
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Organogenesis

Definition
 
The developmental changes that occur during the formation of a particular organ
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Meristem
Definition
Embryonic tissue regions, primarly concerned with formation of new cells
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Mesophyll
Definition
Ground tissue consisting of paranchyma of a leaf, located between epidermis layers; mesophyll cells, generally contains chloroplasts
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Totipotency

Definition
plant cells ability to to develope into an entire plant
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Taproot system

Definition
Smaller roots, formed in direct continuation with root tip or radicle of the embryo; forms a stout, which tapes from main root from which come smaller LATERAL roots.
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