Plants Vocab Flashcard, Part 2

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Stores water in plant cells

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Vacuole

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Waxy, waterproof layer on plant leaves and stems

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Cuticle

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System of tubes in vascular plants for water, minerals, and food movement

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Vascular tissue

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Low-growing plant without true vascular tissue; lacks roots for water absorption.

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Nonvascular plant

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Thin, root-like structures that anchor mosses and absorb water and nutrients.

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Rhizoid

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A plant with true vascular tissue

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Vascular plant

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Vascular tissue for food transport

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Phloem

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Vascular tissue that transports water and minerals upward in plants

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Xylem

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True mosses, liverworts, and hornworts

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Examples of nonvascular plants

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Ferns, club mosses, horsetails

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Seedless vascular plants