Plants Vocabulary

the upper angle between a leaf stalk or branch and the stem or trunk from which it is growing

• Axil

• Germinate

• Life Cycle

• Filament

a compact knoblike growth on a plant that develops into a leaf, flower,or shoot

• bud

• flower

• ovule

• seed

the female organs of a flower, comprising the stigma, style, and ovary

• pistil

• photosynthesis

• anther

• ovary

begin to grow and put out shoots after a period of dormancy

• germinate

• embryo

• stomata

• seedling

the series of changes in the life of an organism, including reproduction

• life cycle

• photosynthesis

• anther

• style

the part of a plant that attaches it to the ground or to a support

• root

• chloroplast

• xylem

• pollen

the part of a seed that develops into a plant

• embryo

• seedling

• seed

• life cycle

a primary root that grows vertically downward

• tap root

• stigma

• anther

• style

the main body or stalk of a plant or shrub

• stem

• oxygen

• ovary

• phloem

any of the minute pores in the epidermis of the leaf or stem of a plant

• stomata

• filament

• ovule

• xylem