| A | B |
| Deciduous | Plants that have leaves that live for only one growing season |
| Evergreen | Plants that keep their leaves for more than one growing season and have living leaves all year long |
| Annuals | plants that complete their life cycle in one growing season |
| Perenials | Plants that live more than two years |
| Dicots | Angiosperms that have two cotyledons |
| Monocots | Angiosperms that have one cotyledon |
| Chlorophyll | The green material in plants used in making food |
| Gymnosperms | A classof plants that bear naked seeds |
| Xylem | The conductive tissue in plants that carries water from the roots to other parts of a plant |
| Phloem | The conductive tissue in a plant that carries sugars and minerals from the leaves to other parts of a plant |
| Scientific Name | The plant's genus and species name |
| Herbaceous | Plants that have soft, succulent stems |
| Leaf venation | the arrangement of veins on a leaf |
| Cotyledon | The first leaf or leaves of the plant embryo |
| Taproot | A root system with one primary root |
| Fibrous root | A system that has many roots |
| Broad-leaved plants | wide leaves, not needle like leaves |
| Tender plants | Plants that are injured or killed by frost |
| Hardy Plants | Plants that are able to survive freezing temperatures and hard frosts |
| Flower parts | Sepals, petals, stamens, and pistil |
| Leaf arrangements | Opposite, whorled, and alternate |
| Angiosperms | Plants whose seeds are produced inside fruits |
| Netted leaf venation | veins are arranged similarto threads on a net |
| Palmate leaf venation | veins are arranged with several prominent veins |
| pinnate leaf venation | veins arranged with one major vein extending from the base to the tip |