Plant Science Vocabulary Words

A unit of land area equal to 4,840 square yards. Approximately the size of 1 football field.

• Acre

• Bushel

• Turf

• Plant Science

A specialized area of plant science that deals with field crops. It is also known as crops and soil science.

• Agronomy

• Forestry

• Horticulture

• Floriculture

 A plant that completes its life cycle, from germination to the production of seeds, within one year, and then dies.

• Perennial

• Annual

• Biennial

• Pollination

A flowering plant that takes two years to complete its biological life cycle. In the first year, the plant grows leaves, stems, and roots (vegetative structures).

• Biennial

• Annual

• Perennial

• Herbaceous

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

A plant with flat and relatively broad (having ample distance from side to side) surfaced leaves.

• Legumes

• Vine

• Evergreen

• Broadleaf

A measure of capacity equal to 64 US pints (equivalent to 35.2 liters), used for dry goods.

• Clone

• Bushel

• Dicot

• Cultivar

An organism or cell produced asexually from one ancestor or stock, to which they are genetically identical.

• Conifer

• Foliage

• Clone

• Hardy Plant

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

A tree that bears cones and evergreen needlelike or scalelike leaves.

• Deciduous

• Conifer

• Evergreen

• Herbaceous

A plant variety that has been produced in cultivation (the process of developing new things) by selective breeding.

• Cultivar

• Forestry

• Herb

• Inflorescence

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-5

A tree or shrub that sheds its leaves annually. 

• Herbaceous

• Conifer

• Evergreen

• Deciduous