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| photosynthesis | the process by which plants use sunlight, carbon dioxide and water to make food |
| chlorophyll | a green pigment that captures light energy for photosynthesis |
| producer | an organism that can make its own food |
| cell wall | a rigid structure that surrounds the cell membrane and provides support to the cell |
| nonvascular plant | plants that lack specialized conducting tissues and true roots stems & leaves |
| vascular plant | a plant that has specialized tissues that conduct material from one part of the plant to another;has roots stems and leaves |
| gymnosperm | a woody vascular seed plant whose seeds are not enclosed by an ovary, fruit or flower |
| angiosperm | a flowering plant that produces seeds within a fruit |
| rhizoid | a rootlike structure in nonvascular plants that holds the plants in place and helps plants get water and nutrients |
| pollen | the tiny granules that contain the male sex cell of seed plants |
| epidermis | the surface layer or outer layer of cells on a plant |
| guard cell | regulate the opening and closing of the stoma |
| fibrous root | a root that has many tiny branches |
| tap root | has one large main root |
| xylem | tissue in vascular plants that provides support and conducts water and nutrients from the roots |
| phloem | the tissue that conducts food in vascular plants |
| herbaceous stem | a stem that is soft, green and flexible |
| woody stem | a stem that contains wood and is hard and rigid |
| cambium | growth tissue |
| stomata/stoma | openings in a leaf that enable gas to enter and leave and water to leave |
| cuticle | a waxy coating on leaves that help hold water in the leaf |
