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| The study of the structure of cells, tissues, and tissue systems |
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| The basic structured and physiological unit of plants and animals |
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| Physical and chemical changes associated with the developmental and/or specialization of an organism or cell |
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| The membrane that surrounds the entire protoplast |
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| A specialized region in a cell that is bound by a membrane |
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| A highly organized nuclear body that contains DNA |
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| The pressure on a cell wall that is created from within the cell by the movement of water into it |
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| An organelle that is bound by a double membrane and associated with different pigments and storage products |
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| organelles that provide energy required for plant processes |
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| sites of protein synthesis |
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| membranous structure distributed throughout the cytoplasm |
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| collective term for for structures that secrete new cell wall precursors and other substances |
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| single-membraned spherical bodies that have roles in metabolic processes |
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| miscellaneous substances in the cell that include waste and storage products |
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| A set of cells that function together |
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| A cell or region of specialized tissue whose principal function is to undergo cell division |
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| The outermost layer of cells on all parts of the primary body - stems, leaves, roots, flowers, fruits, and seed - but absent from root tips and apical meristems |
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| The movement, either by diffusion, or active transport, of materials out of a plant or into a space where they an accumulate for storage |
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| Any species that has vascular tissue - xylem and phloem |
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| Stem of grasses and bamboos, usually hollow except at the swollen nodes |
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| A plant adapted for growth in arid conditions |
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| Adventitious roots that originate from the shoot and pass through the air before entering the soil |
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| The radicle is more prominently enlarged than any of the laterals |
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| A sheetlike fundamental type meristem that produces secondary xylem and phloem |
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| Cylinders of secondary xylem added to the stem of a woody plant in successive years |
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| Wood produced by a conifer |
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| Wood produced in response to a stem that has lost its vertical position |
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| The part of the stem or root exterior to the vascular cambium |
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| A type of angiosperm characterized by seeds with only one seed leaf or cotyledon |
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| Type of angiosperm characterized by seeds with two seed leaves or cotyledons |
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| Development of fruit without sexual fertilization |
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