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Plant Vocabulary


AB
seedthe undeveloped plant that makes its own food
stemprovides support and carries nutrients from the roots to the leaves
ovarya hollow structure that holds the ovule
ovulethe inner part of the ovary that contains the egg
sepalprotects the flower bud
pistilthe female part of the flower
stigmathe sticky part of the pistil
leavespart of the plant that makes food
petalpart of the flower in bloom that is colored
stamenthe male part of a flower
antherthe end of the stamen that produces pollen
rootanchors a plant and absorbs water from the soil
reproduceto make more of the same kind
pollinationpart of the reproductive process of flowering plants
pollenpowdery grains in a flower
fertilizationthe joining of the female and male sex cells of a flower
sporemicroscopic specks of living material on ferns and mosses
embryothe develpoing organism that results from fertilization
photosynthesisthe process of light energy, water, nutrients and carbon dioxide to make plant sugars
oxygenpart of the air that is needed by most plants to live
carbon dioxidea gas in the air
chlorophylla green pigment that collects light energy and stores it