| A | B |
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| Annual | a plant which develops from a seed and produces new seeds in a single growing season |
| Angiosperms | flowering plants that produce covered seeds |
| Fertilization | the formation of a seed by the uniting of a sperm nucleus from a pollen grain and egg cell |
| Seedling | when the plant no longer depends on the cotyledon for nourishment |
| Stolon | a creeping stem that grows above ground |
| Radicle | a small root that will develop into the root system |
| disc flowers | closely packed tubular flowers in the flower center |
| pollination | the transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma |
| photosynthesis | the food producing process of the plant |
| sessille | leaves that have no petioles but are attached directly to the stem |
| pinnate | small veins branching from one main vein |
| agent dispersal | seed dispersal by birds and animals |
| toothed margin | a leaf with small sharp teeth or large blunt teeth |
| perennial | a plant which lives from year to year and blooms each season |
| herbaceous | a non-woody plant |
| entire margin | smooth unbroken leaf edge |
| fruit | anything that forms from the ovary of a flower. |
| compound leaf | a leaf that has more than one blade joined to a petiole |
| nectar | a sweet liquid usually stored in the base of the blossom |
| biennial | a plant that lives through two growing seasons |
| petiole | a stalk to which a blade or flat part of leaf is attached |
| corms | thick, vertical, underground stems |
| inferior ovary | the ovary attached below the other flower parts |
| superior ovary | the ovary attached above the other flow parts |
| xylem | plant tissue that carries water and nutrients from the root hairs upward to the leaves |
| phloem | plant tissue that carries sugars from the leaves back to the stem and roots |
| root pressure | the upward force created as water enters the root through osmosis |
| capillary action | the tendency of water to move upward through the xylem tissue in response to surface tension |
| composite family | largest family of flowering plants |
| grasses | the most important group of plants on earth |
