Plant Vocabulary

A plant part that grows underground; down into the soil.

• bud

• root

• seedleaf

• stem

The part of the plant that supports the leaves, fruit, or flower.

• bud

• embryo

• stem

• cotyledon

The first leaf formed on a plant; can also be found inside the seed.

• seed leaf

• bud

• stem

• seedling

The protective covering of a seed.

• transplant

• seed coat

• root

• seed leaf

The part of the seed that provides food until the plant can make its own.

• stem

• bud

• thinning

• cotyledon

The tiny, undeveloped plant found in the seed; baby plant in the seed.

• embryo

• bud

• stem

• thinning

A very young plant.

• bud

• thinning

• seedling

• root

The process of removing some plants to make room for the other to grow.

• cotyledon

• seedling

• bud

• thinning

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

To move a plant to another location.

• transplant

• bud

• seedling

• stem

A small new growth at the tip or side of a plant stem that develops into a flower, leaf or a shoot.

• seed leaf

• embryo

• bud

• seedling